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Jane, the Fox & Me, pure art

1/2/2014

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I'm on vacation in Sedona, AZ, at their amazing library. Everything around here is pure red rock beauty, but I did not expect to find this jewel of a graphic novel here. Oh happy day. I will write a little shpiel about it, as the illustrations (by Isabelle Arsenault) are pure art, and the text (by Fanny Britt) of such delicate sensitivity.
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Helene's world is of a Montreal winter grey.
She is teased in school by her pre-teen peers.
An outsider.
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With self-image problems.
She lives in a lonely, isolated, sad world.
The only source of color being...
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... the hope that lies in the pages of her Jane Eyre novel. 
Jane, having had a life worse than hers, and yet a more hopeful future.


Jane.
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Helene.
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A magical connection with a fox during summer camp marks a turning point in her life. 
After which, she is able to start connecting...
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...to other disconnected girls, and her world becoming a little more colorful.
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Haven't read this to Lucy yet. Maybe not quite there yet (even though she totally behaves like a pre-teen :)
I remember feeling this way, so left out. Hope it's not in the cards for Lucy, but it may well be, seeing that she looks different from most kids in her class. Hopefully when the time is right, this book will help, literally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.


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