The school is located next to the town hall. Two fronts with light flaps, a bit dated. Continue along rue Gourgaud, you will come across a grocery store and then a village bar. that’s it. To the north, to the south, to the east, to the west is the sea. The Isle of Aix is a small crescent lost on the banks of the Charente. A world 3 kilometers long, barely 700 meters wide.
Nine out of ten. Callen, eleven years old, with dark hair and a very serious expression, is always the first to arrive at the school gate. He waits, his back straight, almost solemn. Then comes Cleophene, another CM2 student, three heads taller than his friend Andrea, two years his junior. There’s also Leo, in CE1, his brother and baby Nolan. Six students, the class is over. It is the smallest school in France.
The previous day the ship had all the trouble in the world to port. The sky was gray and the sea was stormy. To get to the Isle of Aix, we move to Fouras, one of the high-speed ships that depart from La Rochelle…
Source: Le Figaro
