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Ages 8 & Up

144 pages – 14,3 x 18,6 cm – 6.90€

About 40 colour illustrations

sFriendship s Mysterys

sAdventure s Royalty s sHistorys

v A rhythmic series based on

true historical characters and

facts to learn while enjoying

gripping stories

v The destiny of a young

princess whose life is ruled by

the etiquette and who tries to

find her place in the world

v Colourful and generous characters easy to identify with

Set in 1774, this new historical series recounts

the adventures of Princess Elisabeth, the

younger sister of Louis XVI.

At just 11 years old, Elisabeth is smart and lively,

but she doesn’t like to study, can’t stand the

authority and is such a nightmare to her governess

that the latter has no other choice than to hire

another governess, Madame de Mackau, entrusted

with the mission of taming her. The princess,

however, is decided not to let that happen and runs

away with her horse. When she falls, a nice girl her

age appears to help her get back on her feet, and

Elisabeth quickly realizes that she is no other than

Madame de Mackau’s daughter! Elisabeth and

Angélique rapidly become inseparable and,

together, they will solve all sorts of mysterious

cases that arise at the court… to be continued in

the next titles!

A new series that will appeal to both mystery

and adventure lovers!

The Secret of the automaton

Elisabeth, Princess at Versailles

Written by Annie Jay

THE AUTHOR Annie Jay is an

autodidact passionate

about history. Her first novel,

Complot à Versailles, was published

by Hachette in 1993 and sold over

70,000 copies. She has published

about 20 historical novels, three of

which feature on the French Ministry

of Education recommendation list, and

has received many prizes.

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Ages 11 & Up

250 pages – 14 x 20 cm

12,50€ – Soft cover

sTeenagehood s Loves

sFriendship s Humour s

Louise is a 14-year-old girl of her time: she speaks

with her friends on Skype, doesn’t want to tidy her

room, fights with her older sister and, above all, is

completely under the charm of Ricky, singer and

leader of her favourite boy band, the Connections.

For six months, Louise has been checking her

calendar with excitement… and the day has finally

come: she’s at the Connections concert! When Ricky

appears on stage, she jumps and yells from joy,

without knowing that just a few hours later, she and

Ricky will be facing each other in her living-room…

It is the beginning of her frenetic (and highly

unprepared!) three-day VIP experience … only to

realise in the end that there are far more important

things in life than getting an autograph!

A younger version of Bridget Jones, Louise is

coping with her teenage imperfections and awkward situations with a self-mocking sense of humour and a lot of heart!

Fan of His From the notebooks of Louise Series

Written by Marion Michau and Charlotte Marin

THE AUTHORS Charlotte Marin is a

well-know French

actress and singer who

became famous with her show

“One woman Chant” which combines

humorous sketches and songs. With

Marion Michau, she has already co-

written two chick-lit novels which were

adapted to the cinema. Fan of his is

their first novel for young readers.

Marion Michau writes funny

and glamourous columns in

French women’s magazines.

She is also a scriptwriter for

TV series and works with

Charlotte Marin on all her

shows and albums.

This first title is a hilarious

yet tender introduction to a

new series dedicated to the

day-to-day life and

preoccupations of today’s

teenagers!

Cover design by Diglee

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Ages 8 & Up

112 pages – 13 x 20 cm – 8,50€

– Softcover with flaps –

About 20 colour illustrations

sRacism s Tolerances

sHumour s Family s

One is never too young to

talk about racism!

One evening, as he is going to the cinema,

Maël, a 10-year-old boy, finds a lovely little dog on

his doormat. After having looked in vain for his

master, Maël and his parents decide to adopt him

and name him Kitty. But the dog sometimes has a

strange behaviour: he growls and tries to bite

people…and even sometimes the television!

Until one day, Maël’s neighbours understand what

is going on: Kitty only growls at people who

have a dark skin… he is racist! Maël and his

parents are very embarrassed and Maël asks

himself a lot of questions: can he still love his dog?

Is it possible to be clever, nice and racist at once?

Can you unlearn to be racist? And how can he

make people understand that just because his dog

is racist, it doesn’t mean that he and his family are

racist too?

This clever story deals with the delicate subject

of racism in a subtle and humorous way to

make children ask themselves fundamental

questions.

My Dog is racist Written by Audren

Illustrated by Clément Oubrerie THE AUTHORS Audren is one

of the figure-

heads of French

children’s literature.

She has published over 30 novels that

have encountered great success,

including the series Les Orphelines

d’Abbey Road and Olsen Peterson,

published by L’Ecole des Loisirs. Her

books are translated in 10 languages

Clément Oubrerie studied

graphic arts in France

before moving to the USA

where he published his

first children’s books.

Back in France, he

created a press agency specialized

in computer graphics, while pursuing his

career as an illustrator. He published

several picture books and comics,

including the Aya de Yopougon series

(Gallimard) which received the

Angouleme International Comics festival

prize in 2006 and was translated into

more than 20 languages.

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Ages 13 & Up

250 pages – 14,5 x 21,5 cm – 15€

sWild West s Feminisms

sAdventure s Freedom s

v A universe between Little

House on the Prairie, Jane Eyre,

Calamity Jane and Sergio Leone

western movies

v The adventures of a woman who tries to reach freedom in a world ruled by conventions and traditions

Spring 1867: at the age of just 19, Milly

Burnett leaves her native Massachusetts

and lands in the little town of Tolstoy,

Montana, where she is to work as a teacher

at the local school.

Emancipated and freedom-loving, Milly

has come to build her happiness while

educating the children of the town. Although

life is harsh, she rapidly forges ties with the

other inhabitants of Tolstoy. However,

troubles begin when she accepts to

welcome Joshua in her class, an atypical

pupil of 17 who is unfairly marginalised by

the community…

Will Milly succeed in turning her nose up

at the town’s conventions and manage to

live as free a life as she had hoped?

Wild Girl Written by Audren THE AUTHOR

Audren is one

of the figure-

heads of French

children’s literature.

She has published over 30 novels

that have encountered great success,

including the series Les Orphelines

d’Abbey Road and Olsen Peterson,

published by L’école des Loisirs. Her

books are translated in 10 languages.

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Ages 13 & Up

250 pages – 14,5 x 21,5 cm – 15€

sFamily secrets sRoad trips

sHumour s Adolescence s

v A one-of-a-kind novel that

embarks the reader on both a

touristic and existential journey

v An investigation filled with family secrets and a travel into the past v A delightful cast of outlandish, moving, warm, sometimes dysfunctional and vividly hysterical characters.

The journey starts in Paris, at the beginning of the summer

holidays with the Farrows, an unconventional family! Lucy,

the narrator, is 15. Very mature for her age, brilliant at school,

she has a sound knowledge for Baudelaire’s poetry and a

bitter sense of humour. Her twin brother, Jude, is more

obscure and silent, spending most of his nights playing online

games. They live with their father, a famous and eccentric

Beatles specialist who pretends that everything is alright when

they are all desperately trying to deal with an absent mum

who has disappeared a year before in blurred circumstances.

This could have been a very boring summer if it had not been

for the intervention of Marilyne, the freshly-retired, hyperactive

and rock-n-roll grandmother who reveals that their mother,

who wasn’t their birth mum, had left some clues for them to

find their biological mother and who embarks the four of them

in an eventful trip. Not informing the father of their real

agenda, they set out in search of their birth mother all across

Europe where they have identified 3 potential candidates. This

is without knowing that they will unwittingly take part in a

burglary, survive a plane crash, steal DNA tests and that the

journey will take them all the way up to Hong Kong’s haze.

Carried by a Beattles soundtrack and the piercing voice

of Lucy who is talking to her absent mother, this epic and

extravagant journey will turn out to be a lifesaving

experience and new start for the whole family.

Written by Fabrice Colin

THE AUTHOR Whether writing for

adults or for children,

Fabrice Colin always

focuses on imaginary

literature. At Albin

Michel, he has published La

Malédiction d’Old Haven, Le Maître

des dragons and Bal de givre à New

York. He has won the Grand Prix de

l’Imaginaire, a prestigious literary

prize that rewards works of science

fiction and fantasy, not only one but

four times and his books are translated

in more than 10 languages!

In the land that is like you

Thelma and Louise meets Little

Miss Sunshine in this modern,

poignant and laugh-out-loud

novel which won’t leave any

reader unaffected!