FICTION

10 Little Insects

by Davide CALI
tr. from French. illus. by Vincent Pianina. 80p. Wilkins Farago. 2013. Tr $19.99. ISBN 9780987109910.
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Gr 6–10—This graphic-novel homage to Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None finds 10 bugs drawn to a mysterious weekend getaway on a remote island. As the hours tick by, the members of the motley crew meet untimely deaths in a variety of macabre ways: poison, freezing, electrocution, being eaten by a fish, and getting beheaded amid secret passages. The title is filled with Victorian spookiness, until only a detective and his assistant sail away with their lives. The boldly colored art in the cartoon panels, while simple, holds some hilarious details that will have readers chuckling. The size and format may turn off potential readers who see a picture book rather than a gruesome murder mystery but reluctant readers will find more than enough to engage and amuse them.—Marge Loch-Wouters, La Crosse Public Library, WI
Reviewed by Marge Loch-Wouters , Jan 01, 2014

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