by Christian Grenier · Nathan · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782092111345
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«Août 44 - Paris sur scène» is the young-adult historical novel by Christian Grenier, published by Nathan in 2002 in paperback (120 pages, in French).
In the summer of 1944, Michel, a sixteen-year-old boy, notices unusual activity at the Comédie-Française, the theatre where his father works. Together with Odette, the porter's daughter, he discovers that some regulars there are preparing the insurrection of Paris, and Michel ends up getting involved in the last days of the German occupation and the liberation of the city.
The title belongs to the collection «Les Romans de la Mémoire» and includes illustrations by Gilles Scheid.
For young readers interested in the history of Paris, theatre and the Second World War, and for those practising French with short novels.
