Akissi: Even More Tales of Mischief

Our favorite troublemaker is back in this graphic novel collection of wild childhood adventures set on the Ivory Coast by award-winning author Marguerite Abouet (Aya of Yop City) and artist Mathieu Sapin.

With the first volume selected as a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2018, Akissi is back for round three with more stories of silliness and chaos with her plucky crew of neighborhood kids--there's never a dull moment when she's around!

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Marguerite Abouet & Mathieu Sapin

Summary

Our plucky young troublemaker Akissi is back with even more tales of mischief on The Ivory Coast! This time, she plays matchmaker with mixed results, tries to avoid moving to the snowy, wolf-infested wilds of Paris, and turns her hand to poetry - which stinks.

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NOMINATED FOR A RINGO AWARD IN BEST HUMOR COMIC AND BEST KIDS GRAPHIC NOVEL CATEGORIES

"Big heart. Big laughs. Get this collection and all the rest, too."
—Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW

“We all need a little mischief and a little humor these days, and the adventures of Akissi provide exactly just that."
—The Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States

Product details

• Authors: Marguerite Abouet, Mathieu Sapin
• Assisted by: Mathieu Sapin (Illustration)
• Publisher: Flying Eye Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 6 to 9
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781912497416
• ISBN: 978-1-912497-41-6
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 218 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Akissi
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / Girls & Women, JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Humorous, JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Africa, Comic strip fiction / graphic novels (Children's / Teenage), Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: styles / traditions