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This first novel is set in the Château d'eau area, a Paris neighbourhood with a strong African population. The MC is a teenage girl whose mother comes from Côte d'Ivoire. It is disappointing: very didactic, very flat and uninteresting. I don't understand why it was published in an adult collection. It should have been pitched at middle schoolers. I chose to read it because it incorporates a lot of nouchi & I like non-standard French but �

An unusual breakfast of coffee and grilled corn on the cob bought at the market - I thought it would be better to have it still hot rather than wait until lunch. It was disappointing - overcooked and dried up 😞
On page 50 of tagged book and that also is a disappointment, but it is a fast read so I am planning on reading it to the end, so I can criticize it...