Nevers
Sara Cassidy
Publication Date:
1 Dec. 2019
Format:
Paperback / softback
ISBN 9781459821637
Resourceful fourteen-year-old Odette is on the move again, traveling as a stowaway on a cheese cart with her hapless mother, Anneline. They are in Burgundy, France, in 1799, fleeing yet another calamity caused by Anneline (who is prone to killing people accidentally). At dawn they find themselves in a town called Nevers, which is filled with eccentric characters, including a man who obsessively smells hands, another who dreams of becoming a chicken, and a donkey that keeps the town awake at night, braying about his narrow life. As Odette establishes a home in an abandoned guardhouse, she makes a friend in the relaxed Nicois and finds work as a midwife’s assistant. She and Nicois uncover a mystery that may lead to riches and, more important for Odette, a sense of belonging.
Information
Book Type: Junior HighAge Group: 13 years +
Traffic Lights: Amber
Class Novel: No
Good Reads Rating: 3.5/5
Literary Rating: 3.5/5
Review
Themes
twisted fairytales, French revolution, history, family, love, grief, secrets, mystery
Content Notes
1. Discussion of death throughout 2. Nicoise’s father was so horrified by the bloodshed in the Revolution, that he drowned himself. Nicoise can’t bear to eat fish from the Loire since, as they may have feasted on his father’s body (p85-87). 2. Discussion of birth control (p. 52). Childbirth (p. 73, 134-136). Kissing (p. 173). A baby is born with genitalia of both genders (p. 137-8). 3. Magical/fantasy themes throughout. A man is transformed into a donkey using a magic spell.
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