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Une année douce-amère
by Pascale Magret
Published by Thierry Magnier
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In 1943, there are some parts of occupied France that welcome refugees without asking questions. That is the case in the Haute-Loire village where this story follows Emile, son of a peasant from a neighbouring hamlet, and a good student who dreams of becoming a doctor. more |
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| Paris, April 1944. Clement is returning to his house in Paris in the middle of the night, when he is unexpectedly caught out by the explosion of bombs that begin to rain down on Montmartre. more |
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Les semelles de bois
by Lorris Murail
Published by Grasset Jeunesse
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Les vagabonds de l´entremonde
by Jonathan Heliot
Published by Intervista Eds
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Musine travels from one country to another as she follows her father, a European high commissioner. Then her father disappears during a train trip from Paris to Brussels, and a mysterious character – the Illusionist – seems to be prepared to do whatever it takes to get hold of Musine. more |
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| Dr Baudoin is a fifty-something, complicated man: spirited, humorous, but also irritable and tired. Tired of his daily routine and of his work as a GP. Tired of his patients with their endless medical complaints. His consultations are becoming more and more rapid, he has less and less time and patience to offer people, and offloads all "tiresome" cases to his long-suffering, kind-hearted young associate, Dr Vianney Chasseloup.more |
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La fille du Docteur Baudoin
by Marie-Aude Murail
Published by L´école des loisirs
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Un été outremer
by Anne Vantal
Published by Actes Sud Junior
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Félicien Desjonquères is eighteen years old. Although he seems a completely ordinary young man, his own history catches up with him, interfering with his concentration and making him fail his baccalaureate. From an early age, Félicien has known that he was adopted. When he reaches the age of majority, however, his desire to know where he comes from assumes a new urgency so he consults the records. His surprise is matched only by his pain when he finds out his biological mother´s name: "Samira Maziane, of Algerian origin".more |
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