I've never read anything by French author Danielle Martinigol, but as she writes mainly (or only) for young readers, I skip those stories. However, this is a short story taking place in the same universe as her series La Trilogie des Abîmes and freely available on the website of Éditions ActuSF, I decided to give it a go, also because it's not that long.

Martiginol's style is not that accessible, I find, even if my knowledge of the French language is advanced.

The story takes place in space on a planet on which mankind embarked and landed to set up a colony, if I understood correctly. Prior to that, however, the spaceship traveled through space with the occasional stasis. However, as Andjo saw a bright light out there, he wasn't inside to prepare for the statis. His mother saw him, tried to save him or get him close to her, but as she left her safe place to not suffer from the sudden break, she didn't make it. This led to family problems, with his father not wanting to know about it. His sisters didn't intervene in any way; both of which are different characters, one more severe (Alexine), the other more caring (Adrielle), in a way.

By the way, Andjo also has a hiding place in a sort of cave, where a stone structure is formed like a throne. There he also keeps a sort of (exotic) pet, as he liked the local fauna.

At some point, Andjo wants to know where the light comes from and flees, if only to get away from his angry father. But the kid is not prepared for such an undertaking. Luckily he gets rescued by one of the abîmes or sort of sea-creature, even if it doesn't mean this at all when you translate abîme into English. But in the story's context, there's only this as possible answer.

And so, there's a family reunion, after the whole community has helped searching for the kid. All's well that ends well.

Not a bad story, but not that super either. Maybe I'm not part of the target readers. Maybe younger readers will appreciate it more. ( )