When ten-year-old Florent overhears his mothers discussing the possibility of having another baby—and expressing their reluctance due to fears about the planet—his mind races off into a spiral of fear and guilt. Is the planet suffering because there are too many children—children like him? Do his parents think they made a mistake by bringing him into the world?

One night, Florent dreams that the forests have all burned to the ground and that his parents are flying away on a spaceship, abandoning him on a ruined planet. When he wakes up, he decides to stop talking… until a discussion with his mothers changes everything. (From Greystone Kids)

Samuel Larochelle is a Montreal-based writer, journalist, poet, cultural entrepreneur, animator, lecturer and trainer. Some of his other books include J'ai échappé mon coeur dans ta bouche and Lilie T.3 : L'apprentie adulte.

Eve Patenaude is a Montreal-based author, illustrator and editor. Some of her other projects include illustrating Je vais à la gloire and Tourterelle which she also wrote.

Arielle Aaronson is a Montrel-based translator and second language specialist. Some of her other translation projects include A Boring Wife Settles the Score and Behind the Eyes We Meet.