A selection of French stories for children aged 9: between adventures, friendship, and legendary characters, there are many encounters. A selection of pre-teen French novels suitable for children.
Olga et le cri de la forêt
by Laure Monloubou
publisher: Amaterra
Olga is 8 years old. She has already moved six times. The last one took her to a crooked house, flanked by multiple turrets. She starts tearing off the wallpaper in her new room to freshen it up and discovers a tiny locked door. On the other side, someone is trying to communicate. But who is it? Another mystery arises: Olga’s parents, who have gone for a walk in the nearby woods, are nowhere to be seen.
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Robinson d’après Robinson Crusoé
by Daniel Defoe, Alain Paraillous, and Hélène Chetaud
publisher: Amaterra
« The first night, Robinson slept in the shelter of a palm tree. The next day, in the company of the dog, whom he called Nestor, he set out to explore the island. Was it inhabited? By men? By ferocious beasts? He set off, armed with a rifle and a horn filled with gunpowder. »
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Hôtel Bordemer tome 1
by Fanny Joly and Christophe Besse
publisher: Fanny Joly Numérik
« In Dad’s hotel, everything is usually fine. But there are days when the world falls apart. That’s what happened when Mrs Simone, the cook, fell ill and Dad had to accompany her to the hospital, leaving me with a major problem: preparing lunch for the guests… » A collection of 11 novels!
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Cléopâtre
by Isabelle Wlodarczyk and Clémence Pollet
publisher: Amaterra
« Cleopatra watches the city from the palace windows. The spectacle is terrible. Ptolemy has stirred up the people against her and a civil war has broken out. The young woman stamps her feet, if she could, she would go and fight herself.
– We have to fight back, » she rages. This is my kingdom and I cannot let my brother humiliate me any further. »
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Ni lire, ni écrire !
by Yves-Marie Clément and Émilie Vanvolsem
publisher: Kilowatt
Zoé has just learned to read. That’s when she realizes that her daddy, Cedric, doesn’t know how. He can’t read?! Is it really possible to be an adult and not be able to read? But Cedric is a great daddy, he can do so many things!
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L’arbre de l’an bientôt
by Mathieu Redelspeger and Xavier Armange
publisher: Rêves bleus
Welcome to the world of the day after tomorrow! Cely has to attend the first lesson of the day with her friend Cyla. On the program: the « Museum of the Past ». There, the two children can see strange objects from the past. A little further on, they meet a talking a-r-b-r-e. Kept alive by robots, he tells them about a time when birds flew in the blue sky when people hummed songs…
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Heureux qui comme Ulysse ou le premier voyage
by Jean-Sébastien Blanck and Sebastian Giacobino
publisher: Alzabane
This novel takes you to the heart of the ancient Mediterranean and its legends… It tells the story of the long journey of a young cat from an island in ancient Greece, Ulysses, who, in spite of himself, embarks on a fisherman’s ship that gets lost at sea after a terrible storm. Ulysses and the sailors will have to search for the way back for almost 5 years, marked by trials and discoveries…
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