The Quebec Ministry of Health asks teachers, librarians and booksellers not to recommend, offer or even speak to young people about the latest best-selling novel by François Blais, which is aimed precisely at teenagers. Suicide is approached in such a way that there would be a risk of emulation, according to the ministry.
In a letter of which The sun obtained a copy, dated December 16 and signed by the Assistant Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MSSS), Marie-Ève Bédard, the public authorities are concerned about the content of the children’s novel The Boy with Upside-Down Feet: The Chronicles of Saint-Severepublished on October 3 by Fides editions.