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Akissi
Series · 7 books · 2010-2019

Books in series

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Akissi

Cat Invasion

2010

Poor Akissi! The neighborhood cats are pursuing her to steal her fish, her little monkey Boubou almost ends up in a frying pan, and she's nothing but a pest to her older brother Fofana, but Akissi is a true adventurer, full of silliness and fun, and nothing will scare her for long! Part of the Sélection Officielle d'Angoulême 2011 Prize at Europe's largest comics festival. By the author of the critically acclaimed and hugely successful series Aya, with two hundred fifty thousand copies sold in France, translated into fifteen languages. Three books in the series have already been released in French, with a fourth currently in the pipelines. Marguerite Abouet was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, in 1971. At the age of twelve, her parents sent her to live with her uncle in Paris in order to pursue her education. Following the tremendous success of her comic Aya de Yopougon, Marguerite is now dedicating all of her time to writing. She's also the director of a charity that she created to help children in Africa get better access to books. Mathieu Sapin was born in Dijon, France, in 1974. He studied at l'Ecole supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg before becoming a renowned illustrator for children's magazines and publishers in France. He's also the author of a comic for adults called Supermurgeman.
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Mixture magique

2014

La maman d’Akissi, qui peine à avoir un autre enfant, fait appel au grand marabout du village pour l’aider. Mais ce gros pou de sorcier procède d’une manière bien étrange. Il accuse Akissi, la traite de petit diable et la force à boire une affreuse mixture pour la désenvouter… Une potion qui risque bien de la faire basculer dans un monde fantasmé, en quête d’animaux qui parlent, de forêts magiques et de crottes guérisseuses !
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Sans amis

2015

Sido, la nouvelle de l’école, attire tous les regards.Non seulement elle est belle, mais en plus elle s’est fait croquer la jambe par un lion ! Akissi a très vite l’impression de se faire voler la vedette par cette "patate pourrie" et ne pense plus qu’à lui mettre des bâtons dans les roues… quitte à s’attirer beaucoup d’ennuis !
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Faux départ

2016

À Yopougon, c’est le drame ! Pélagie vient d’apprendre que ses parents se séparent et qu’elle risque de déménager."Divorcer, c’est la mort"… et pour éviter ça, tous les coups sont permis ! Sans compter qu’Akissi a aussi des ennuis : un oncle venu de France veut l’emmener dans ce lointain pays, royaume des ours polaires ! Il va donc falloir faire des pieds et des mains pour que personne ne parte de ce petit paradis ivoirien.
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Mission Pas Possible

2018

Non seulement ses parents veulent envoyer Akissi en France, mais en plus tout le monde en profite pour lui confier des missions compliquées. Son pépé lui demande même d'aller retrouver là-bas son ancienne amoureuse ! C'est bien la seule à ne pas se réjouir du grand voyage. Toute sa malice lui suffira-t-elle à échapper à son avenir parisien ?
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#9

Aller-retour

2019

Non seulement ses parents veulent envoyer Akissi en France, mais en plus tout le monde en profite pour lui confier des missions compliquées. Son pépé lui demande même d’aller retrouver là-bas son ancienne amoureuse ! C’est bien la seule à ne pas se réjouir du grand voyage. Toute sa malice lui suffira-t-elle à échapper à son avenir parisien ?
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Akissi

Tales of Mischief

2014

This collection of the hilarious Akissi comics by critically acclaimed author Marguerite Abouet will delight young readers with its cheeky protagonist and the mischief she gets up to in her West African village. Poor Akissi! The neighbourhood cats are trying to steal her fish, her little monkey Boubou almost ends up in a frying pan and she’s nothing but a pest to her older brother Fofana… But Akissi is a true adventurer full of silliness and mischief, and nothing will scare her for long!

Authors

Marguerite Abouet
Marguerite Abouet
Author · 17 books
Marguerite Abouet was born in 1971 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, in Western Africa. She grew up during a time of great prosperity in the Ivory Coast. At the age of twelve, she and her old brother went to stay with a great-uncle in Paris, where they further pursued their education. Years later, after becoming a novelist for young adults, Abouet was drawn to telling the story of the world she remembered from her youth. The result was the graphic novel Aya de Yopougon, published in North America as Aya, illustrated by Clemént Oubrerie, that recalls Abouet's Ivory Coast childhood in the 1970s, and tells the humorous, engaging stories of her friends and family as they navigate a happy and prosperous time in that country's history.
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