Ages 13-15 - 96 pages, 42071 words | 5 hours 03 minutes of reading | © Éditions du Jasmin, 2015, for the 1st publication - all rights reserved
A thrilling historical novel.
1760. Rumors are rumbling in the French colony of Pondicherry: the English are entering the city after months of siege. For the four Kergoet sisters, the danger is great. For the first time, they had to fend for themselves. To escape, to feed themselves, to survive... Joined by two boys from the Black City, they find refuge in a mysterious abandoned barn. In its courtyard, a majestic flamboyant tree is enthroned...