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Vachement moi !
Le surnom de Paul, c'est 13NRV. Ce sont les derniers symboles de son code barre, celui qui lui permet, comme à ses camarades, de conserver toutes les données qui le concernent : nom, âge, allergies...
Mais ce matin, Paul s'est cassé la figure, et son code est éraflé. Depuis, l'ordinateur est formel : Paul est une vache. Le concierge ne peut bien sûr pas le faire entrer à l'école !
Pourtant, Paul conteste : c'est un petit garçon, beugle-t-il ! Alors Paul va tenter le tout pour le tout pour prouver qu'il est bien un humain...
Prix de Littérature Jeunesse 2013 en Nouvelle Calédonie
Mais ce matin, Paul s'est cassé la figure, et son code est éraflé. Depuis, l'ordinateur est formel : Paul est une vache. Le concierge ne peut bien sûr pas le faire entrer à l'école !
Pourtant, Paul conteste : c'est un petit garçon, beugle-t-il ! Alors Paul va tenter le tout pour le tout pour prouver qu'il est bien un humain...
Prix de Littérature Jeunesse 2013 en Nouvelle Calédonie
80 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published February 11, 2010
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March 4, 2020
This is a funny children's book, written in French, with a somewhat preposterous premise that is enjoyably if somewhat absurdly worked through. Paul, like everyone in his town, has a barcode on his hand that is used to scan him into school and such like. The computer system holds all his school records and all kinds of other data like dental records, allergies etc. All available at the swipe of a barcode reader.
Things go wrong on the day a mishap outside leaves him with a scratch on his hand, and suddenly the bar code reader insists that he is a cow. Now he has an uphill struggle convincing the authorities that he is really a boy and not a cow.
The title is a play on words in French. Vachement Moi means "really me" but une vache is a cow.
This book had me chuckling at points. I am not sure I would have bothered with it if it was in English, but in French it seemed to be pitched at my level - there were other plays on words, and I was able to appreciate those too. I did enjoy the humour of the story.
Good harmless fun. My one regret is it is rather short. The description said it was 73 pages long, which would be quite short. In fact I felt like it might be even less. It was a touch expensive for such a short book.
Things go wrong on the day a mishap outside leaves him with a scratch on his hand, and suddenly the bar code reader insists that he is a cow. Now he has an uphill struggle convincing the authorities that he is really a boy and not a cow.
The title is a play on words in French. Vachement Moi means "really me" but une vache is a cow.
This book had me chuckling at points. I am not sure I would have bothered with it if it was in English, but in French it seemed to be pitched at my level - there were other plays on words, and I was able to appreciate those too. I did enjoy the humour of the story.
Good harmless fun. My one regret is it is rather short. The description said it was 73 pages long, which would be quite short. In fact I felt like it might be even less. It was a touch expensive for such a short book.
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