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Yee, Lisa

A Copycat Conundrum

288 pp. | Random | January, 2025 | Trade ISBN 9780593564226 $14.99 | Library ISBN 9780593564233 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 9780593564240 $8.99
(2) 4-6 Misfits series. Illustrated by Dan Santat. In the first installment of this series (A Royal Conundrum, rev. 1/24), twelve-year-old Olive Cobin Zang arrived at the Reforming Arts School near San Francisco. Eventually, the lonely homebody found her place as part of a diverse group of friends who dubbed themselves the Misfits. Now, the Misfits -- undercover operatives for the secret agency NOCK -- are swept into a new mystery. Their classmate Zeke has been receiving threatening messages, and seemingly random events -- e.g., earthquakes, a runaway cable car, bank robberies, the discovery of an old bunker under the school -- turn out to be connected. Santat's black-and-white illustrations (final art not seen) lend a visual element to Yee's conversational prose. Despite its high-tech gadgetry, this is an old-fashioned adventure tale with a pleasingly complicated mystery and a tremendously likable cast of sleuths (and even some Miss Marple allusions). As this installment concludes, Olive runs off to join her friends on a new escapade. Back matter includes agent and gadget profiles.
Reviewer: Dean Schneider | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2025

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