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A wolf in the night
“In the dark of the dark night, there is a bed. In this bed is … A WOLF! A real one, just as black as the shadow in which he stands. Little by little, he wakes up, opens one eye, yellow, stretches and leads us to an effective fall. The very prolific and talented Sandrine Beau renews, with The wolf in the night black, the art of evoking fear, of setting up a climate of suspense that keeps the little reader in suspense until the very last page. In a square format, very suitable for small handcuffs, Loïc Méhée’s uncluttered illustrations complement this brief and effective text.
The wolf in the dark night, ★★★★, Sandrine Beau and Loïc Méhée, D’eux, Sherbrooke, 2021, 32 pages. 3 years and over. Released on November 1st.
Mystery at school
From the disappearance of the delicious chocolates prepared by Madame Gisèle to the even stranger one of Madame Anne, yet always present for her students, through that of Sister Clara who had disappeared thirty years previously in the corridors of the school, several intriguing events follow. so in Little mysteries at school, a brand new collection edited by Richard Migneault. Dominique Demers, Gilles Tibo, Bertrand Gauthier, Martine Latulippe and ten other authors well known and loved by young people combine their talent to offer surveys that will amuse apprentice readers.
Little mysteries at school, ★★★, Richard Migneault [dir.], Druide, Montreal, 2021, 392 pages. 8 years and over.
welcome to Hell
A little backwards, Anaïs goes to an all-inclusive just renovated by friends. A place of healing, they say. While scanning the surroundings of paradise, she discovers a forest populated with bones and animal corpses. Then, under the influence of a shaman, several young people indulge one evening in a strange ritual that goes wrong. Horror lovers, you will be served with Detox, the latest novel by the talented Véronique Drouin. Horror, blood, massacre, the smell of sulfur, then of putrefaction, everything in this novel contributes to install an uncertain climate and converges towards a feeling of suffocation, a noose which tightens around the heroine.
Detox, ★★★★ 1/2, Véronique Drouin, Quebec America, 2021, 280 pages. 14 years and over.