- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Yearling; Reprint edition (Aug 12 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 044041895X
- ISBN-13: 978-0440418955
- Product Dimensions: 14 x 1.4 x 19.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 113 g
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#1,646,812 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #14 in Books > Children's Books > Ages 9-12 > Series > Science Fiction > Akiko
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Akiko's always prepared for something out of this world, but when she goes on a pleasure trip to Gollarondo with Poog, Mr. Beeba, Spuckler Boach, and Gax she can barely believe her eyes--Gollarondo is a city that was built completely upside down! Forget sight-seeing. All Akiko wants to do is keep both feet on the ground.
Which is not so easy. Almost as soon as the gang arrives Spuckler's robot Gax accidentally flies off one of Gollarondo's balconies and into the Moonguzzit Sea below. Good news: He survived the fall. Bad news: Anything and everything that falls from Gollarondo is automatically the property of Nugg von Hoffelhiff--the ruler of the seas beneath the city.
By the time Akiko and her crew are able to gain an audience with Nugg, he has sold Gax to others. What's worse, he actually broke Gax down into spare parts to maximize his profits! It's up to Akiko and the gang to retrieve the pieces of Gax before they are spread far and wide across the Moonguzzit Sea. But the people who bought the parts run the gamut from off the wall to downright villainous, so saving Gax's neck (and body and wheels) may turn out to be Akiko's most dangerous mission yet.
From the Hardcover edition.
Which is not so easy. Almost as soon as the gang arrives Spuckler's robot Gax accidentally flies off one of Gollarondo's balconies and into the Moonguzzit Sea below. Good news: He survived the fall. Bad news: Anything and everything that falls from Gollarondo is automatically the property of Nugg von Hoffelhiff--the ruler of the seas beneath the city.
By the time Akiko and her crew are able to gain an audience with Nugg, he has sold Gax to others. What's worse, he actually broke Gax down into spare parts to maximize his profits! It's up to Akiko and the gang to retrieve the pieces of Gax before they are spread far and wide across the Moonguzzit Sea. But the people who bought the parts run the gamut from off the wall to downright villainous, so saving Gax's neck (and body and wheels) may turn out to be Akiko's most dangerous mission yet.
From the Hardcover edition.
About the Author
Mark Crilley was raised in Detroit. After graduating from Kalamazoo College in 1988, he traveled to Taiwan and Japan, where he taught English to students of all ages for nearly five years. It was during his stay in Japan in 1992 that he created the story of Akiko and her journey to the planet Smoo. First published as a comic book in 1995, the bimonthly Akiko series has since earned Crilley numerous award nominations, as well as a spot on Entertainment Weekly's It List in 1998. Mark Crilley is also the author of the Billy Clikk series for young readers and lives in Michigan with his wife, Miki, and son, Matthew.
Visit the author at www.markcrilley.com. The author lives in Novi, MI.
From the Hardcover edition.
Visit the author at www.markcrilley.com. The author lives in Novi, MI.
From the Hardcover edition.
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Graphic feast, not for the eyes, but for the imagination!, Jun 7 2008
By Deborah Sandford "Marian the Librarian" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Akiko: Pieces of Gax (Hardcover)
Akiko is an ordinary sixth-grader who happens to have friends from a different planet. Spuckler, Mr. Beeba, Poog and Gax the robot show up to take Akiko for a vacation to Gollarondo, a city that hangs upside down. In a moment of mishap, Gax falls from the city to the ocean below, becoming the property of Hoffelhiff, the ruler of the seas, who then sells individual pieces of Gax to an assortment of buyers all across planet Smoo. Getting back the pieces of Gax is not easy, and sometimes downright dangerous. This ninth book in a ten-book series is an adaptation of the Akiko graphic book series and can be read and enjoyed independently. Funny and sometimes hysterical, well-written, interesting and adventurous, the novel includes the wonderful illustrations of its creator Mark Crilley, and for students who like to read, is even more exciting and worthwhile than its graphic cousins.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Mark Crilley's Akiko series, Oct 24 2007
By Emma Jelley - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Akiko: Pieces of Gax (Hardcover)
The latest in Mark Crilley's Akiko series for upper elementary kids is terrific. My son and I have been the reading the series together. It is a great "read aloud" series. Akiko goes on adventures in outer space with a group of three aliens and a robot. There are wonderful, detailed illustrations - Crilley started as a comic book artist and you can get graphic version of the earlier books in the series. This is one book that adults will enjoy reading with their kids - unlike some other kid books that we just suffer through. It is funny, and has lots of crazy situtations for the characters to get out of.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pieces of Gax, Jan 18 2007
By Esther M. Parson "Adrian" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Akiko: Pieces of Gax (Hardcover)
**** starsAkiko is a fifth grader and has friends from the planet Smoo.
Her friends take her to an upside-down city, seriously! When one of her friend's robots named Gax falls off the city into the Moonguzzit Sea. They're in big trouble because everything that falls off the city belongs to the owner of the sea under the city!
So the person that owns Gax, named Spuckler wants to get him back, but they get captured!
They find out that Gax has been taken apart and sold to three different people. Now they have to find all the pieces of Gax. They go through three amazing adventures in hopes of getting the parts.
If you like adventure, I would highly recommend this book!
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