The Scar

Written by Charlotte Moundlic · Illustrated by Olivier Tallec

A boy struggles with grief, seeking ways to keep his mother's memory alive.

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32 pages· ~550L

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Bookroo's summary

A young boy wakes to a world without his mother, grappling with overwhelming grief and fear of forgetting her. He clings to her scent and voice, shutting out the world. When his grandmother arrives, she offers a new way to feel his mother's love, challenging him to open up. Can he find solace and connection amidst his sorrow? This poignant tale explores a child's journey through loss, capturing the raw emotions and tender moments that shape his healing.

From the publisher

A little boy responds to his mother’s death in a genuine, deeply moving story leavened by glimmers of humor and captivating illustrations. When the boy in this story wakes to find that his mother has died, he is overwhelmed with sadness, anger, and fear that he will forget her. He shuts all the windows to keep in his mother’s familiar smell and scratches open the cut on his knee to remember her comforting voice. He doesn’t know how to speak to his dad anymore, and when Grandma visits and throws open the windows, it’s more than the boy can take – until his grandmother shows him another way to feel that his mom’s love is near. With tenderness, touches of humor, and unflinching emotional truth, Charlotte Moundlic captures the loneliness of grief through the eyes of a child, rendered with sympathy and charm in Olivier Tallec’s expressive illustrations.

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