L'homme à la canne d'argent

Synopsis of L'homme à la canne d'argent

«L'homme à la canne d'argent» is the children's novel by Françoise Boublil and Jean Helpert (Bayard Jeunesse, paperback, 79 pages, in French).

In 1887, a mother pursued by a mysterious man with a silver cane abandons her baby Loulou in a church in Montmartre. Twelve years later, the girl lives happily with her nanny Léontine, but Baron de Boisrobert plans to evict the neighbours of the Butte to build luxury housing, with a ruthless man at his side.

First volume in the Loulou de Montmartre series, published on 20 March 2008 in the Bayard Poche collection.

For young readers seeking adventure and mystery in a period Paris.