Sabotage en 4e année
Emmanuelle Dupal
- Reading
- Consider reading together or checking in afterwards, especially around the scenes of rejection and verbal abuse. Invite the reader to discuss what they think a fair response would look like.
- Themes
- Exclusion and discrimination: The book addresses exclusion and discrimination; the detail of how it is developed remains unclear. The story places exclusion and discrimination in a school setting, but the outline alone does not establish how fully or critically they are examined.
- Classroom conflict and repair: After Clément is paired with Amin, Alex directs abuse at him; Alex later sabotages a performance, and class representatives examine the case. The plot includes harmful conduct and a collective response, without establishing whether the tribunal’s approach succeeds or is presented as fair.
- Worth knowing
- Amin is rejected by Alex and then by most pupils; Clément faces Alex’s verbal abuse, and the planned performance is sabotaged. These episodes may merit a conversation about peer conflict.