Two months have passed, Samuel’s hair has grown a lot. This is the last page of his journal.
Christmas is coming. It’s pitch dark by 5 PM. Julie sits next to Samuel on the bus, just like before.
Samuel and his friends spend Wednesday afternoon in Stéphane’s apartment, without adults, completely free.
It’s pouring rain. The students have to recite a fable by La Fontaine, but Julie hasn’t learned her lines.
Samuel has started middle school, but things aren’t going exactly as expected.
Summer is near. Samuel goes to his mother’s dance performance. On stage, he spots Julie.
Samuel is spending his vacation in Marseille at his grandparents’ and decides to send Julie a postcard.
Saturday morning is choir day at school. That Saturday, a rumor spreads through the rows.
Corentin’s grandmother has passed away. To cheer him up, Samuel suggests running down the death slope.
There’s a strike, no buses are running. Samuel walks to school. On the way, he runs into Bérénice.
Bérénice watches recess from her bench, alone. She feels like a shepherd watching over their sheep.
Samuel is on vacation in Corrèze with his grandparents, and France lost the football match.
Samuel’s class is on a school trip to visit the Château de Vaux-le-Viennois.
Samuel is invited to Julie’s birthday party. The location: the public swimming pool.
Samuel is tired of writing “hi, journal” and finds himself too boring. Time to change that.
Samuel dreams of a tall lady with a long neck chasing him. He tells his friends at their gang’s HQ.
School’s out. After the break, Samuel will start 6th grade in a public middle school. Others will go to private schools.
Samuel is very sick, burning up with fever, and then achoo!
Samuel talks about his super old neighbor and the 50 stray cats living in her house.