Date 18 March 2020
Pages 144
Format cm 22 x 28
Price € 16.00
EAN 9782369811084
Publisher Website www.editions-ruedesevres.fr

About Phoenix

Publisher Rue de Sèvres
Keywords Abuse - Downgrading
Age 12-15
An intimate and thrilling story of a man manipulating a mother and her children.

Should you get into a car with someone you hardly know? The temptation is hard to resist when the driver in question is Mr. Smith, the high school’s most charming and handsome teacher. He offers Phoenix and her little sister, Sasha, a ride to their home on the other side of the lake. A few days later, their mother, Erika, falls under his spell. Mr. Smith starts coming to the house more and more often, racking up brownie points with his baking skills and good-looks reminiscent of Gregory Peck. But Phoenix and Sasha notice that he is sometimes a little too strict and domineering, sometimes even harsh and hurtful for no reason. Oh, it’s probably nothing. No reason to worry. Little do they know that they’ve just let a fox into the chicken coop…