Technical specs
Portuguese title: A época das rosas
240 pages / 165 x 230 mm
ISBN: 9789898145307 / RRP: 18,90€
First edition: June 2020
Season of Roses
(Portuguese edition)
“Roses of Rosigny” is the name of the female football team at Rosigny-sur-Seine — a fictional neighbourhood in the suburbs of a large city.
The “Roses” are a united and determined team, with a high goal for the upcoming season: qualifying for the U19, the national female championship.
However, after a major cut to the club’s subsidies, the director decides to remove the “Roses” from their qualification board, and focus only on the male team.
Barbara — the team captain — feels shattered by this injustice and strikes an offensive: she encourages her teammates to finding sponsors and challenges the male team for a match. She believes the final score will make the club change its mind.
But it’s not that simple, and Barbara is going through challenges in many fields: her mother, her studies and — in between the lines — her role in the club, in her city, in the world.
In this process, Barbara learns about herself, about choosing priorities and defending convictions.
The game is on.
Recommended for readers from 15 years on.
This graphic novel is part of the 2 Steps and a Leap collection.
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Technical specs
Portuguese title: A época das rosas
240 pages / 165 x 230 mm
ISBN: 9789898145307 / RRP: 18,90€
First edition: June 2020
Awards and recognitions
Recommended — National Reading Plan (Portugal)
Nominated — Best book by a foreign Illustrator, at the BD Amadora Festival Awards (2020)
Winner — BD Angoulême Festival 2020 / France Télévisions Public Award
Winner — Nouvelle-Aquitaine Youth Award (2019)
Winner — Artémisia Empowerment Award (2020)
Winner — Great comics award Golden Globos Colomiers (2019)
Selected — Young revelation award ADAGP/ Quai des Bulles (2019)