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Boulerice, Simon

Florence & Leon

32 pp. | Orca | September, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4598-1822-4 $19.95 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-4598-1824-8
(3) K-3 Translated by Sophie B. Watson. Illustrated by Delphie Côté-Lacroix. Two adults become friends (and maybe more) by turning a chance encounter into deep understanding. Over drinks at a café, they share the respective disabilities (Leon's "small problem with [his] eyes" and Florence's with her lungs) they've had since childhood and ask honest questions. Black-and-white illustrations, accented with red, yellow, and blue, suit a story (translated from the French) that is at once simple and full of empathy and feeling.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

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