Cecily Sawyer: How To Be a Spy
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Cecily Sawyer: How To Be a Spy
By (Author) Iona Rangeley
Illustrated by David Tazzyman
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
28th October 2025
19th June 2025
United Kingdom
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Physical Properties
Paperback
240
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 15mm
270g
Description
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 Cecilys 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. Shes not the only spy out there far from it, in fact. And Mrs Maple Syrup is not the only unusually intelligent mouse
Reviews
'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
Author Bio
Iona Rangeley has just finished studying English at Oxford. She has wanted to be a writer since her debut novel Sam and the Pig, which she wrote when she was five. Iona starting writing Einstein the Penguin when her final exams came along, because it was more fun. David Tazzyman is an internationally acclaimed award-wining illustrator. Born and raised in Leicester, David wanted to be an artist since the age of five. Graduating from Manchester Metropolitan University in 1993, he worked as a commercial illustrator before falling into children's publishing in 2006, illustrating Andy Stanton's Mr Gum series, which went on to win numerous awards, including the first Roald Dahl Funny Prize. David likes drawing a lot. He also likes football, cricket, golf and biscuits.
