Oscar et la dame rose
by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Sur le conseil d'une vieille infirmière, un enfant de dix ans condamné par un cancer écrit à Dieu depuis son lit d'hôpital afin de lui confier le récit de sa vie.
Information Publication
Published: 2010
Originally written in French
Number of pages: 100
Recommended FSL Programs and Grades
Grade 11 (Core)
Grade 12 (Core)
Race/Ethnic/Geographic Information
Author: White, Franco-Belgian
Characters: Unknown race (never mentioned)
Setting: Southern France possibly
Notes from a teacher-reader
Written as 12 letters to God (100 pages).
Written from perspective of 10 year old.
Easy to empathize with character.
Used in French Immersion program in Alberta.
Sad novel.
Written in first person narration by a child.
Caregiver nurse encourages character to reach to God, might be more appropriate for Catholic board.
Vocab and syntactic structures are appropriate for Immersion students or senior Core.
Classroom use:
Easy read and familiar vocabulary.
Race of the main character is never mentioned.
Content warnings: Death of a child to cancer.
Feel free to contact the teacher-reader, Amanda Cloutier, at amanda.cloutier@peelsb.com if you have questions about this novel.
Sample Student Activities
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