Date 07 September 2022
Pages 40
Format cm 25 x 30
Price € 14.50
EAN 9782278121472
Publisher Website www.didier-jeunesse.com

Lost My Tongue

Publisher Didier Jeunesse
Category Children's Books
Age 3-66-9
Sarah Chamard, Rights Manager "A moving, bracing tale of immigration, identity, and cultural exchange. Issues phrased in ways children can understand, embedded in recognizable scenes of daily life."

This tale takes the shape of vibrant slam poetry from a boy caught between two tongues.
One day, Mabo, born in France to immigrant parents, loses his ability to speak with his grandparents who stayed back in their native land. Having forgotten Sindar, Mabo feels like he's betrayed his roots. Torn between two languages, Sindar and French, Mabo goes looking for himself, bouncing from questions to anger, nightmares to laughter. If Sindar has flown from him, has he lost a part of himself as well?