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Du voyage
by Emmanuel Bourdier, published on October 27, 2021 by Éditions Flammarion Jeunesse.
From 8 years old.
Her favorite quote:
“I have a strange feeling, not really pleasant, unexpected. A mixture of pride and shame, my heart goes from one to the other, without really choosing, without understanding. Growing up, sometimes, is heavy. "
Why this book?
Because prejudices are everywhere, at school too, and talking about
it to the youngest allows you to get to the root of the problem.
With gentleness and poetry, Emmanuel Bourdier tells the story of the traveler child who is sent to school for the first time.
A break with its culture and its habits, a fear of others and of another world that we ultimately find in any child who returns to school.
Shared prejudices that can be smoothed out thanks to dialogue, respect, tolerance, the values of sharing transmitted by a wonderful teacher.
Because in Geronimo's mind, everything is music, nature,
curiosity and spontaneity.
Words and questions jostle in his head to a fast and catchy Django tune.
He is like all children, with the desire to live, to share and to be loved and respected.
Because the illustrations by Thomas Baas go perfectly
with this very simple and poetic text.
Fine lines, touches of color capture the furtive emotion.
The essentials in 2 minutes
The plot.
Geronimo lives in a trailer, in a Travelers' camp.
Her mother makes the decision to send her to school when the rest of her community distrusts and doesn't approve.
Once past the gate, Geronimo finds himself alone facing another world, that of the “gadjis”, between apprehension and curiosity.
Characters.
Geronimo, who sees the country.
Her mother, Mélusine, whose middle name is her middle name, who sees the school as a necessity, even if she is scared to death at the idea of giving her only child to strangers.
The brilliant schoolmaster, M. Chouraud.
Classmates renamed "Scarole", "Kleenex" and others.
Places.
In the camp, on the way, in the schoolyard and in the classroom.
The time.
Today.
The author.
Emmanuel Bourdier loves the sea, music, closing his eyes and dreaming, but also taking his readers on a trip.
This book was read with
the desire to stick the book in the hands of young and old alike.
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