Novels Archives - Hannele and Associates

American Dreamer, by Antoine Vigne Living in Texas with his sister at his side, Juan is a young undocumented immigrant from Mexico desperately seeking to build a future for himself in a country in the throes of an identity ...

American Dreamer

Bienvenue à Oswald, by Célia Garino Chiméri’s parents are teachers and they have once again dragged her along on a cultural excursion But Chiméri dawdles so much that she ends up getting lost! That’s when she falls into another ...

Welcome To Oswald!

Surf, by Frédéric Boudet For Adam, home for the holidays, Brest does not have a lot to say for itself The cranes of the port are still there in the distance, closer, in between the rooftops, the same piece of ocean, closer still the ...

Surf

La Chose du MéHéHéHé, by Sigrid Baffert and ill Jeanne Macaigne On the surface of the sea’s blue belly, things are serious A Thing, with red and white stripes, hard as a giant shell and yet soft like seaweed, is floating ...

The Thing From MéHéHéHé

Petit garçon, by Francesco Pittau, ill Catherine Chardonnay Tonight, the little boy metamorphosed into a fly Since then, with his head upside down, the world all topsy-turvy, he’s been walking on the ceiling Today, or maybe before, he ...

Little Boy

L’arrêt du cœur ou comment Simon découvrit l’amour, dans une cuisine, by Agnès Debacker, illustrated by Anaïs Brunet Since Simone left, Simon comes to his building caretaker Françoise’s office every day for ...

When Your Heart Misses a Beat, or How Simon Discovered Love in a Kitchen

Pombo Courage, by Émile Cucherousset and illustrated by Clémence Paldacci There’s nothing Pombo enjoys more than spending the day sipping a fruit juice with scum, toes warm in his slippers From time to time, hunger or sleep make him ...

Fearless Pombo

Pull, by Claire Lebourg It is early summer and Jumper has lost his master at the train station Having ventured ahead to go and sniff a trash-can, Jumper has to face the fact: Francis has gone missing Jumper sets off on a tracking mission ...

Jumper

Hamaika and the Fish, by Pierre Zapolarrua and illustrated by Anastasia Parrotto Under her skinny coat of feathers, Hamaika is a very curious little hen She likes to leave her house and venture far, far, ever further away The ...

Hamaika and the Fish

Milly Vodović, by Nastasia Rugani / Polynia Series by Chloé Mary Milly has just knock someone down today Swan Cooper was shooting his gun not two feet away from her brother Almaz who was lying in the mud Milly bounced to help her big ...

Milly Vodović

Laurent le Flamboyant, by Karen Hottois and illustrated by Junia Woignier / Polonia Series by Chloé Mary Just like every morning, Utang Laurent wakes up on the wrong side of the bed He may swing from branch to branch throughout the ...

Laurent the Flamboyant

Truffe et Machin, by Émile Cucherousset and Camille Jourdy / Polynia Series by Chloé Mary Snout and Thingy, the rabbit brothers, have run out of ideas and find themselves short on adventures today They can’t think of a single silly thing to do ...

Snout and Thingy

Vendredi ou les autres jours, by Gilles Barraqué and Hélène Raizac / Polynia Series by Chloé Mary Seven days of complete stillness spent staring at bamboo shoots Friday is stricken with an illness that is eating away at him, his eyes are ...

Friday or the Other Days

La petite épopée des pions, by Audren and Cédric Philippe / Polynia Series by Chloé Mary Sasha lives in a beautiful rose wood box surrounded by other black and white Sashas Sometimes The Hand takes him out for a breather and moves him a long a ...

Pawns – A Small Odyssey

La marche du baoyé, by Sigrid Baffert, Adrienne and Léonore Sabrier / Polynia Series by Chloé Mary Nothing much remained from the life of Tiago, his brother Big Ouji, his Mum and Dad, of the whole Manké farming family A watering can, a sewing ...

The March Of The Baoye Tree

Hernig & Zebraël, by Victor Boissel, illustrated by Beax Everything opposes Hernig, a lonesome and silent man, and Zebraël, a spirited and charming teenage boy But these two heroes will have to unite and travel together on a quest that ...

Hernig & Zebraël

Lignes, by Jacques Arragon This futuristic novel resumes the concerns 21st century humanity encounters: the impact man has on the planet, how we are changing the landscapes, the consequences of being hyper connected, the communication at all ...

Lines

Voyage au centre de la terre, by Jules Verne, illustrated by Isabelle Simler Journey to the Center of the Earth is one of Jules Verne’s greatest masterpieces Isabelle Simler’s vibrant and meticulous illustrations were added to this ...

Journey To The Center Of The Earth

Nour et le peuple des loups, by M Piquemal and illustrated by E Roudier It is the seventh century BC Young Nour, a member of the hunter tribe, discovers that the neighbouring tribe has a very different way of life They ...

Nour and the Wolf People

Do la honte, by Raphaële Frier “Do” is a model student But he has a terrible secret A source of dire embarrassment which he covers up with lies: his own family The family from hell with their filth, coarseness and wretchedness, ...

Do’s Shame

A samedi, by Hubert Ben Kemoun, illustrated by Zaü This graphic novel in three colours plunges into the emotional worlds of ten or so characters aged 15 to 40 over a period of four days These intersecting destinies all have in common ...

Until Saturday!

Les bébés ont un goût salé, by Dominique Sampiero With an absent father, a mother who disappears for several days and a baby sister to pacify, thirteen-year-old Malika already has plenty of responsibilities But a week at the seaside with her ...

Babies Taste Salty

Je ne pense qu'à ça, by Karim Ressouni-Demigneux and Monike Czarnecki At school, some call 12-year-old Ismaïl "queer", but he doesn't understand and the teasing really disturbs him He spends his days constantly wondering and worrying about ...

I Can Only Think About That

La Cité 2: La Bataille des confins, by Karim Ressouni-Demigneux Polly is the narrator of this second volume She lives on a tiny British island and The City is her dream: freedom! Under the pseudonym Liza, she meets with Arthur, JC and Harry ...

The City, Book 2: The Battle of The Outer Limits

La Cité, Volume 1: La Lumière Blanche, by Karim Ressouni-Demigneux Warning n°1: if you read this book, your suffering will be harsh, waiting for the next four books to come Warning n°2: In THE CITY, never talk about your life outside the ...

The City, Book 1: The White Light

Mitsu, un jour parfait, by Mélanie Rutten Normally, Mitsu likes mornings But on that day, she gets up in a bad mood! As her daily life becomes unbearable, Mitsu decides to venture out On her trip, she experiences a unique encounter that will ...

Mitsu, a Perfect Day