Nevers
Sara Cassidy
Type:
Fiction
Categories:
Girls & Women | Historical | Fairy Tales & Folklore
Themes:
Europe, General
Language:
English
Publisher:
Grade Level:
4-7
Age Range:
9-12
Description
Resourceful fourteen-year-old Odette is on the move again, traveling as a stowaway on a cheese cart with her hapless mother, Anneline.
They are in Burgundy, France, in 1799, fleeing yet another calamity caused by Anneline (who is prone to killing people accidentally). At dawn they find themselves in a town called Nevers, which is filled with eccentric characters, including a man who obsessively smells hands, another who dreams of becoming a chicken and a donkey that keeps the town awake at night, braying about his narrow life. As Odette establishes a home in an abandoned guardhouse, she makes a friend in the relaxed Nicois and finds work as a midwife's assistant. She and Nicois uncover a mystery that may lead to riches and, more important for Odette, a sense of belonging.
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BC and Yukon Book Prizes - Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature PrizeShort-listed
City of Victoria Children’s Book PrizeShort-listed
Rocky Mountain Book Award (RMBA)Short-listed
Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the FantasticShort-listed
Chocolate Lily Book AwardsShort-listed
The Governor General’s Literary Awards (GGBooks) - Young People’s Literature TextNominated
CCBC Best Books for Kids & TeensCommended
Hackmatack Children's Choice Book AwardShort-listed