Cecily Sawyer: How To Be a Spy
Iona Rangeley author David Tazzyman illustrator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Published:19th Jun '25
Should be back in stock very soon

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…
'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
ISBN: 9780008644451
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 22mm
Weight: 220g
240 pages