Cecily Sawyer: How To Be a Spy

A thrilling, mysterious and very, very funny new adventure from the award-winning author of EINSTEIN THE PENGUIN, with brilliant illustrations from bestseller David Tazzyman. Cecily Sawyer has spent the evening in the attic, training her pet mouse, Mrs Maple-Syrup - an unusually intelligent mouse, in Cecily's opinion - when her parents disappear. Luckily, Cecily is more than ready to investigate such a thing. She has wanted to be a spy her whole life, and has all the spy handbooks, manuals and code-cracking kits a girl could need. But soon, Cecily discovers several very strange things in her city. She's not the only spy out there - far from it, in fact. And Mrs Maple-Syrup is not the only unusually intelligent mouse...

'With so many undercover agents vying for attention, the choice can seem daunting - but Cecily Sawyer: How to Be a Spy, a delightful new adventure by Iona Rangeley, shows the detective formula working at its best ... Rangeley is a witty, beguiling writer - and what follows is a neatly plotted adventure, in which each clue forms part of a puzzle which the reader can piece together as the narrative rips along.' - The Telegraph 'Whip smart, absolutely hilarious and full of charm.' - Laura Noakes, author of Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star 'A fabulous book' - Zohra Nabi, author of The Kingdom over the Sea 'A charming and elegant corrective to the notion that 10 year-old girls and mice have no role to play in espionage.' - Luke Jennings, author of Killing Eve 'I firmly recommend this book. A very good start for those who want to join the profession or who just want a good read.' - Sir John Scarlett, former Chief of MI6 (really) Praise for EINSTEIN THE PENGUIN: 'Funny, intriguing and utterly heart-warming ... Wonderful' Booktrust 'A delight' Sunday Times.

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Iona Rangeley grew up in Norfolk and studied English at Oxford, where she developed a love of children's books. She has wanted to be a writer since her debut novel, Sam and the Pig, which she wrote when she was five. David Tazzyman is an internationally acclaimed award-winning illustrator.