Date 04 February 2021
Pages 167
Format cm 14 x 19
Price € 13.50
EAN 9791096935697
Publisher Website www.muscadier.fr

With Raised Fists

Author Yaël Hassan
Publisher Le Muscadier
COLLECTION Rester vivant
Category Children's Books
Age 12-15YA
A hard-hitting novel about racial profiling and systemic racism.

Junior is in middle school. His French teacher has asked the class to research and write the biography of someone who tried to change the world. In the wake of George Floyd's murder and the many protests that ensued around the world, Junior decides to tell the life story of Tommie Smith, an African American athlete who gave a Black Power salute during the medal ceremony at the 1968 Summer Olympics. This is a novel torn from the headlines and the realities of today: lockdown, distance learning, life become online or local... Is there a place in all this for love?