"Dear Fubuki Katana", harassed in the land of the rising sun

Dear Fubuki Katana -

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• Before School Bullying Day, November 5, our community recommends a book on this subject every day.

• Today, “Dear Fubuki Katana” by Annelise Heurtier appeared, published in August 2019 by Éditions Casterman.

Before the Day Against Bullying at School, on November 5, Anne-So Echos de Mots, blogger and contributor to the

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 by Annelise Heurtier, published in August 2019 by Éditions Casterman.

Her favorite quote:

“No one wanted to bother with other people's problems.

No one should embarrass others with their problems.

And that was why we learned to keep them inside.

The problems did not show themselves.

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Why this book?

• Because this novel is a real dive into Japanese culture

  and you are not immune to learning new notions in a country where being harassed, and therefore victim, is a humiliating thing that must be hidden.

  Emi, the heroine, is put on the sidelines and constant pressure from her comrades and cannot confide in the adults around her.

• Because this novel upsets.

  Annelise Heurtier's pen is formidably effective when it comes to conveying the heroine's emotions to a reader who begins to carry the weight of Emi's shame and dismay on his own shoulders.

  The daily life of this young woman, victim of young executioners who act as they please without the intervention of the teachers, revolts as much as it despairs.

• Because this novel conveys strong and necessary messages

  on the importance of not being afraid to speak out when one is subjected to a form of bullying and in particular here, bullying at school.

  It proves that we can all use a lot of courage to get out of a difficult situation and that it is possible to find people to listen, even when the situation seems hopeless.

  
  

The essentials in 2 minutes

The plot.

 When you live in Japan, you don't flaunt your problems.

However, Emi would have a lot to say: the harassment she undergoes, the attitude of her parents… and especially this guilt that she has been trying to bury for several months.

Emi never confides.

Until she meets Hana, in a cat bar she likes to frequent ...

Characters.

 Emi is a reserved and insecure young woman who hides a devouring suffering.

Hana is a young woman of character, a little out of the ordinary, with whom Emi will feel better.

Places.

 The novel takes place in Japan, in Tokyo.

The time.

 History takes place today.

The author.

 Annelise Heurtier is a French author specializing in children's and adolescent literature.

Signing more than thirty books, she has received numerous awards including the 2014 NRP for children's literature for

.

This book was read with

 pleasure by Anne-So Echos de Mots, blogger specializing in children's and teenage literature.

“For me, reading can be just as much a personal pleasure in which one runs to take refuge as an excuse to discuss and meet other readers.

I am a word lover always interested in new discoveries.

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