The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Reynal & Hitchcock. 1943.
The Little Prince is told in first person. Our author has just survived a plane crash when he runs into a little boy in the desert. The boy happens to be a prince, he also happens to be from outer space. You see, that's where he is a prince. Anyway, the story is basically a long conversation between the prince and our narrator in which the prince tells his story and makes the narrator reconsider current his outlook on life. The prince has the reason of a child, which is presumed to be of no use, however the more the prince talks, the more the narrator realizes the prince makes plenty of sense. The prince has been traveling the solar system and was in charge of his own asteroid before he found himself in the desert, so he does have experiences to share. The entire story is peppered with the different wisdoms and experiences of the prince, sending the messages that it is always important to listen to children, whether they be real people, or the internal child inside of all of us.
A good book for older tweens who will appreciate the philosophical underpinnings of this book.
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