Used book – Les Chevaliers du Subjonctif, Erik Orsenna

The young heroes of La grammaire est une chanson douce have grown up. Jeanne is a dreamy teenager interested in the mysteries of love; Thomas, meanwhile, is searching for the key to a new world. The Archipelago of Words is still under the dictatorship of President Nécrole, and the police hunt down opponents. One day, Thomas disappears and Jeanne is arrested. Saved by the island's official cartographer, she sets off with him on a daring glider journey in search of her brother. After flying over the Imperative and the Conditional, they land on the island of Subjunctives, Nécrole's enemies. Welcomed by a young red-haired man passionate about freedom, she discovers the power of imagination among these joyful rebels. In the factory where she finds her brother, engineers are cutting the sea, a mirror of our dreams. She will understand that love – which will strike the formidable inspector, Ms. Jargonos – is also a variety of the subjunctive, the mood of dreams and desire. Much more than a conjugation lesson, this discovery of the words of time is a beautiful and serious life lesson, reminding us that humans need "the help of what does not exist." Curious and impertinent, Jeanne is the ideal guide for this exploration of the subtleties of our language. Reading the world, this "immense library," and making it readable to better share it – what could be more enthusiastic?