num_pages: 32
description: A little boy responds to his mothers 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 mothers familiar smell and scratches open the cut on his knee to remember her comforting voice. He doesnt know how to speak to his dad anymore and when Grandma visits and throws open the windows its more than the boy can takeuntil his grandmother shows him another way to feel that his moms 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 Tallecs expressive illustrations.
language: English
title: The Scar
publisher: Candlewick