Jules Ober and Felicity Coonan
BOOK

Author: Pierre-Jacques Ober
Illustrator: Jules Ober and Felicity Coonan
Publisher: Candlewick Press

This moving and sparely narrated story, based on true events, is reenacted in fascinating miniature scenes. Notes from the creators explore the innovative process and their personal connection to the story.
It is Christmastime, 1914, and World War I rages. A young French soldier named Pierre had quietly left his regiment to visit his family for two days, and when he returned, he was imprisoned. Now he faces execution for desertion, and as he waits in isolation, he meditates on big questions: the nature of patriotism, the horrors of war, the joys of friendship, the love of family, and how even in times of danger, there is a whole world inside every one of us. And how sometimes that world is the only refuge.

The Good Son won 1st Prize at the Prix Sorcières 2019, France’s most prestigious award for children’s books.

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