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Akissi: Even More Tales of Mischief

Akissi Book 3

Author: Marguerite Abouet and Mathieu Sapin   Series: Akissi

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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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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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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.Inspired by her childhood in Africa, writer Marguerite Abouet takes readers on even more hilarious adventures with the mischievous but loveable Akissi, who returns for more "girls will be girls" adventures on the Ivory Coast. Join Akissi, her crew of friends and her brother Fofana for all the silly fun in this brightly illustrated comic, published here for the rst time in English.

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Critic Reviews

“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”

Akissi is an absolute joy... her world is real, rounded, full of warmth and humour. BookTrust
If you've yet to experience Abouet and Sapin's depiction of Ivory Coast life I cannot recommend this series more highly. In these most difficult of times books like Akissi are a beacon of joyous light in the darkness of reality. -- Andy Oliver Broken Frontier
[Mathieu Sapin] brings Akissi's Abidjan suburb to life, and is great when moments of exaggeration are needed. The Slings & Arrows Graphic Novel Guide

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About the Author

Marguerite Abouet was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, in 1971. Following the tremendous success of her comics Aya of Yop City, Marguerite Abouet now dedicates all of her time to writing. Akissi is based on her own childhood.Mathieu Sapin was born in Dijon, France, in 1974. He studied in l'Ecole supe rieure des Arts De coratifs de Strasbourg before becoming a renowned illustrator for many children's magazines and publishers in France.

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Product Details

Publisher
Flying Eye Books
Published
1st June 2019
Pages
168
ISBN
9781912497416

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