Le week-end

shown at HW on 11/12/14

Paris, je t'aime

Perhaps worth a try (http://bit.ly/1I8ffvO)

Americans in Paris

A couple of weeks ago, a middle school student doing a report on the development of the telegraph asked for books on Samuel F.B. Morse; I found this one while searching for him.

Elegance of the hedgehog

I'm reading it now (20 January). Book of the day on Book-a-Day calendar.

2 Parisians, a concierge in a building where wealthy people live, and the 13-year-old daughter of one of those familes, both snarter than they let one, each for her own reasons, are the main characters.