Ages 9-12 - 123 pages, 42656 words | 5 hours 07 minutes of reading | © Amaterra, 2021, for the 1st publication - all rights reserved
Simon's family has just moved to the countryside for the sake of his sister's health. He's used to being treated with such gratuitous nastiness, and is apprehensive about the start of the new school year. And rightly so, since he's about to meet the Mountain, Brice's real name, and his henchmen, who will make him their whipping boy. If he doesn't talk back, if he remains discreet, even invisible, he should be fine...
He'll also meet Gwen, a little guy with black hair, who'll come to his defense. And who turns out to be a girl... the sports teacher's daughter.
A fine novel that blends sensitivity, emotion, sadness and humor to tackle a serious subject: bullying.
Jack et sa mère sont pauvres. Le jour où Jack échange leur chèvre contre six graines de haricots, sa mère se fâche. Mais les graines sont en réalité magiques ! En une seule nuit, elles poussent et forment une immense échelle de verdure, semblable à un haricot géant. Jack grimpe jusqu'à son sommet et, au-delà des nuages, pénètre dans la demeure inquiétante d'un ogre et d’une ogresse…