Aya and Her Magic Cat A Graphic Novel

By: Sam Ita

Published by Tuttle Publishing, 2026-05-05

<b><i>What happens when origami paper models magically spring to life?</i></b><br> <br> This exciting graphic novel tells the story of Aya Wada, a teenage girl who visits her relatives in Japan and unknowingly adopts a powerful feline Kami spirit named Neko, who follows her home to America. Each chapter tells an amusing story about how Neko brings Aya's folded origami paper models to life--literally!<br> <br> <b>Follow along as Aya and Neko create magic, memories and a little mayhem wherever they go:</b> <ul> <li>Neko reveals her existence on the return trip from Japan, helping Aya conjure up her first enchanted origami</li> <li>Aya folds a paper cockroach that scuttles across the floor of the school cafeteria, creating utter chaos!</li> <li>A paper dove pulled from a magician's hat during a talent show becomes an attacking bird demon!</li> <li>An origami fortune-teller model projects weird and wonderful images on Aya's bedroom ceiling</li> <li>Neko produces an animated paper puppet to illustrate how the spirit world can intersect with origami</li> <li>Aya and Neko team up to use their magical-origami talents to comfort a distraught preschooler at the playground</li> </ul> <br> Each chapter includes instructions for a simple origami model that readers can fold using the illustrated tear-out folding papers that are included at the back of the book.