Clémentine Beauvais

Azur et le mystère de la pièce d’or

Azur and the Mystery of the Gold Coin

October 12, 2022

Youth Novel

128 pages

130 × 195 mm

7,70 €

978-2-7002-7728-9

Illustrated by Grégory Elbaz

“Flash Fiction” collection

Clémentine Beauvais, Azur et le mystère de la pièce d’or

At the turn of the 20^thcentury, 10-year-old Azur lives in an orphanage and earns his living as a telegraph operator. Every day, he rides his bicycle and carries to their addressees the “petits bleus”, letters that come out of the pneumatic network under Paris. One day, as he was carrying one of these letters, he noticed that the mail was heavier than authorized. Inside, a coin. A gold coin. Azur is tempted: he keeps the coin and the bill he was supposed to deliver… The trouble and the adventure are just beginning.

The author

Clémentine Beauvais writes and translates, mainly children’s literature. She is notably the author of Petites reines and Songe à la douceur for Sarbacane Editions. She has translated numerous novels by Elizabeth Acevedo, Sarah Crossan, as well as novels by Meg Rosoff and J.K. Rowling’s The Ickabog. Her books have won multiple national and international awards. She is also a research professor at the University of York, England.

Strong points

One of the greatest authors of children’s literature signs an unpublished text for Flash Fiction collection.

A historical adventure in Paris, a funny and tender investigation novel.

Illustrations by Grégory Elbaz.