Among her best-known works are Paule ist ein Glücksgriff, the Kinder aus dem Möwenweg series, and Ritter Trenk.

[1] In 1985, Boie published her first children's novel, Paule ist ein Glücksgriff, about an ethnic-minority child adopted into a German family.

[2] Her contributions to the field of children's literature have been recognised on numerous occasions: among other awards, Boie received the Großer Preis der Deutschen Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur (2008)[3] and the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2011).

[6] In 2018, Boie joined an initiative of German authors, Hamburger Erklärung, advocating for a greater emphasis on the acquisition of reading skills in primary school pupils.

[8] During the COVID-19 pandemic she participated in a campaign by the newspaper Hamburger Abendblatt that encouraged children to read books while in lockdown.