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de Fombelle, Timothée

Captain Rosalie

60 pp. | Candlewick | June, 2019 | Trade ISBN 978-1-5362-0520-6 $15.99
(2) 4-6 Translated by Sam Gordon. Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault. This is a poignant story of war, loss, and resilience--and a child's need to know even painful truths. With her father fighting in WWI, five-year-old Rosalie sits at the back of her French-village school, hoping to learn to read her father's letters. When she breaks through to literacy, she learns a devastating if cathartic truth. De Fombelle's (Vango) spare text allows narrator Rosalie's fierceness to shine through. Arsenault's emotive art focuses on significant details.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2019

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