Condemned to do community service, Malik finds himself in a retirement home with a despicable old man he doesn't want to know. Under the petty delinquency of one and the bitterness of the other hides a sensitivity which, little by little, will transform this forced relationship into a sincere friendship.
From Malik's difficult journey, marked by stays with a host family, poverty and the desertion of an alcoholic mother struggling to raise her son, Maryse Pagé knows how to extract material that may question our own lives. With tenderness and humor, she shows us that one encounter can change the course of a life.
13 yo and up
152 pages
2020 Governor General’s Literary Awards - Finalist, Young People's Literature Text
