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403 pp.
| Bloomsbury |
January, 2013 |
TradeISBN 978-1-59990-736-9$17.99
(4)
4-6
The titular Kiki, well-read sidekick Ananka, and the rest of the aggressively quirky, criminally gifted team of adolescent girls set their sights on Kiki's parents' killers, which takes them from New York to Paris and the underground conspiracies therein. The third caper has girl-power panache, but the characters are cloyingly twee and broadly written. Ananka's snarky chapter-ending etiquette guides remain a highlight.