For the first time ever, Hannah, a little girl from the big city, is spending the summer with her grandfather. As it just so happens, he’s the Guardian of an astonishing forest, where trees go for a walk when they get bored, animals can speak, pigs magically regenerate, and 120-year-old gnomes are in the throes of teenage angst… Once she gets over her initial surprise, Hannah is delighted to discover this fantastical place.
Les tombeaux d’Atlantis
Tanis has always been different, blessed by the gods, or so she’s been told. The problem is she just wants to have fun like other kids her age, though she is inclined to braving forbidden tombs and awakening sleeping gods… She will soon learn, however, that in ancient Egypt, one doesn’t defy the gods with impunity.
Le réveil de l’automate
Four children wake up on a deserted island. After taking refuge in an abandoned boarding school, they find an automaton who, every night at midnight, gives them a mission. If they fail or refuse to take up the challenge, the consequences could be terrible. From mission to mission, the children explore their surroundings, encounter other participants, and discover the reasons behind their presence on this island…
Bienvenue à Cuba
On the sun-drenched Caribbean island of Cuba, a former CIA agent, a young Cuban-American woman and a dodgy private eye kidnap a starlet for the mob in order to pay back an old man’s gambling debt, incurred when the Havana Leones baseball team suffered a crushing defeat in the inaugural match at the brand new latinoamericano stadium. Meanwhile, all sorts of national and international political intrigue plays out as a group of revolutionaries led by a young man named Fidel Castro prepare to march on the Cuban capital, fueling the rumor mill, striking fear in hearts, and inspiring notions of murderous deceit in the minds of those in power. An engaging noir thriller in tropical hues.
La larme de solitude
Aux soirs de grande ardeur
In the waning days of hunting and gathering, as settlements grow and flourish, humankind faces a stark choice: nomadism’s freedom and the hard life that goes with it, or sedentary society, with its refinements and hierarchies. These forking paths become more mutually exclusive, stirring enmity and conflict, but human squabbles prove petty in the face of natural disaster when it comes, towering and indifferent. In this Stone Age fable with curiously contemporary overtones, told with vibrant colors and a sweeping sense of story, Nicolas Puzenat touches on so many enduring mysteries, from religion to conscience to the anxiety of freedom.
Le jour du caillou
A pebble and a riverbank are witnesses to the endless meetings of Mona, who came to forget Eko, and Eko, who after eighteen months away comes to make up with her. When she hurls a pebble into the water—a pebble suffused with her sorrow—Mona sends her friend into a time loop he alone knows about: a day without end that sees Mona tossing the pebble in and Eko doing everything he can to prevent her.
Je m’appelle Kylian
The true story of Kylian Mbappé ! How does one grow up to be Kylian Mbappé ? What kind of little boy was he before becoming the world renown football star he is today ? These are just a few questions this book will bring answers to.
La base secrète
On a rooftop at night, three children dressed as superheroes flee from belligerent robots. The boy slips… and kills himself! How did Ziad, Louna and Billie (yes, it was them) end up like this? To understand, you have to go back to Louna and Ziad’s father’s funeral, when the brother and sister swore they’d never try to become superheroes again. A promise they didn’t keep for long…
But Ziad received a black cube sent posthumously by White Noise, the superheroine he was supposed to protect. Inside: a dead rat. Or more specifically: a meal for the snake in the vivarium of White Noise’s apartment. The three children decide to enter. But as soon as they enter, an army of robots attacks them…
Bandar
Fleeing his wolf family, Mowgli finds refuge with Kâ, a bipedal snake whose transformation is not yet complete. In him, she finds a companion and, above all, a mentor who will accompany her on her quest for identity. During a solitary outing, Mowgli encounters the bandar-logs, rodents consumed by drugs and violence. Unable to use her to create the “paste” they’re addicted to, they decide to deliver her to Shere Khan… Mowgli will have to trust his human instincts as much as his new friends to get out of this predicament.
