EDE-PART 2

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ENQUÊTES D’EUROPE – PART 2 is the continuation of the project we launched in 2021 funded by Creative Europe (n°101011427). We would like to go on with the label we created for European mystery fiction for children and reach more audience with European literature. With the “Enquêtes d’Europe” project we intend to put into our young reader’s hands books from European countries, in order that they can discover other cultures, and they can share the same experience of reading as other young European people. Through our selection of mystery and fantastic novels written by famous authors, we want to put into light each of these voices but also the universal values they convey. Young European people have a lot to share and reading books will contribute to develop their European culture and identity. Reading fiction is one path towards the reinvention of the European ideal. For this project, we focus on mystery books for children and young teenagers of 10 years old and above. As this genre is structured to be efficient, it’s the perfect one to offer to young readers, including reluctant ones. We are also interested in the fact that these novels allow authors to depict and question our world, directly or symbolically. After the good reception of “EDE PART 1”, we would like to go on with it, to open it to other European writers and to take into account issues such as environment and gender balance. We would also like to work with libraries, booksellers and schools to broaden our audience and encourage children from every background to read mystery books! For this second development step of “Enquêtes d’Europe” we chose : - CLUE (books 3&4) by Jørn Lier Horst (Books 1&2 published in 2022) - I CASI IMPOSSIBILI DI ZOE E LU book 2 by Licia Troisi (Book 1 published in 2022) - HEMLIGHETEN I HELMERSBRUK, by Eva Frantz, a Swedish-speaking author from Finland - ETT HUS UTAN SPEGLAR by Mårten Sandén, from Sweden - KANNAWONIWASEIN! Book 1 by Martin Muser, from Germany