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Translated by Carol Klio Burrell.
Illustrated by
Aurélie Neyret.
Ten-and-a-half-year-old Cici is an aspiring writer with a nose for mysteries. In part one, she spies on a paint-spattered man; in part two, she follows a woman who renews the same library book each week. Both cases (originally published as separate books in France) resolve poignantly; Cici's struggle to balance sleuthing with friendships adds emotional layers to this luminously illustrated scrapbook-style graphic novel.