Children's & young adult fiction & true stories

Straight Ahead

by Emmanuelle Rey

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Mauve, Tito and Diamond have been walking along the highway, under the scorching July sun, for the past three days. It was Mauve who decided everything, on a whim, when she realised that this time, her mom had really messed up. And, at fifteen, it was out of the question to be separated from her eight and two-year-old brothers to live with yet another rotten foster family. So the three siblings leave Montpellier and their chaotic life, closely tailed by the police. They leave to find Thierry and Martine, whose smiles and ratatouille chicken Mauve remembers fondly. They start walking straight ahead to Marseille and La Pointe Rouge, with the hope of a new life.

Straight Ahead follows the singular path of Mauve and her two brothers, filled with life-altering adventures and realistic characters. Furthermore, in a series of flashbacks, Mauve tells us all about her mother—an eccentric woman who certainly doesn’t seem able to take care of her children, but who is full of love for them nonetheless.

• The complexity of a mother-child relationship, when a mother’s love isn’t enough to make up for her shortcomings

• The unique bond between siblings that will help them deal with life on the road

• Interesting encounters and experiences — good and bad — that teach valuable life lessons

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Shortlisted for 5 French literary awards:


2020 – Sélection Prix Ados Rennes Ille-et-Vilaine


2020 – Sélection Prix Cendres


2020 – Sélection Prix alTerre Ado


2020 – Sélection Prix Tatoulu


2020 – Sélection Prix Danielle Grondein

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Author Biography

Emmanuelle was born in 1982 near Paris, grew up in the south of France, and currently lives under the Marseille sun with her three little boys. Having spent her childhood knee-deep in books, then acquired a Master’s degree in Literature, it was only natural for her to become a teacher. But Emmanuelle doesn’t content herself with teaching; she also writes all kinds of stories, for adults and children alike.

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© Samir Éditeur 2019

Samir Éditeur

Samir Éditeur

Founded in 1947, Samir Éditeur is a Beirut-based francophone publishing house specializing in children’s books and textbooks. We publish in both French and Arabic languages, and our books are distributed worldwide. Our children’s book list includes picture books, first readers, fiction and non-fiction titles for ages 2 to 17. We publish original content as well as carefully curated translations such as Roald Dahl’s books. Our family of culturally and geographically diverse authors and illustrators enriches our catalogue with award-winning titles, such as our YA title Caballero by Lenia Major that won 3 awards and got 3 mentions in France (2017-2018) or our picture book Raconte encore, grand-mère ! by Marido Viale and Xavière Broncard that won the Prix Chronos (2016). Our latest YA novel Droit devant is currently shortlisted for 5 literary awards. We are among those who were the most affected by the Beirut blast this past August. Our offices were completely destroyed; fortunately, our staff had been working from home due to the covid outbreak, so there were no human losses. And so we live to tell another story! – BOP Finalist 2019

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher Samir Éditeur
  • Orginal LanguageFrench
  • ISBN/Identifier 9786144435380
  • Publication Country or regionLebanon
  • FormatPaperback
  • Primary Price 11.50 EUR
  • ReadershipTeenage/Young Adult
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Original Language TitleDroit devant
  • Copyright Year2019
  • Page size14,5x21 cm (14,5x21) cm

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