Cecily Sawyer: How to Be a Spy

Cover of Cecily Sawyer How to Be A Spy by Iona Rangeley

Cecily Sawyer: How to Be a Spy

Iona Rangeley (author), David Tazzyman (illustrator)
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A thrilling, mysterious and very, very funny new adventure for readers aged 8+

Young readers will be gripped by this super fun, highly illustrated mystery. 


Combine two of our favourite genres, mysteries and funny books, throw in a whip-smart young heroine, laugh-out-loud gags and a pet mouse, plus brilliant illustrations by Mr Gum illustrator David Tazzyman, and you have a sure-fire hit. Don't miss this one.

~Sarah

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… 

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.

Number of pages: 240
Reading age guide: 8 to 12 years
Publication date: 19th June 2025
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780008644451
Format: Paperback

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