Maypoles and totems

About the struggle and the desire to become part of the tribe Michael is a normal teenager. The circumstances under which he grew up are not exactly normal, however, because Michal is Romani. Growing up in a small village in the foothills during the normalisation period, he faces bullying but is determined not to give up. A book from the family of the best coming-of-age novels. Michal is a normal teenager who wants to earn his place in the boys' group, be "cool" at school and hope that a girl he likes will notice. The circumstances in which Michal grows up are not exactly normal, however, as Michal is Romani (in the book, of course, "gypsy") and grows up in a small village in the Krkonoše region in normalized Czechoslovakia. Even though he has had to face bullying and teasing since he was young because of the colour of his skin, he is definitely not giving up, he is not going to get B's and F's, even if his teachers and classmates expect him to! Mayflies and Totems bears comparison with the best coming-of-age novels, such as The Button War and There Were Five of Us. If you have a teenager at home, listen with them to a sensitive story about growing up, a journey that we all have to go through eventually.