A tender story, wonderful graphics

Cherry has just finished primary school. During the month of July, and Erica Line her friends go on vacation while the girl stays at home with his single mom. Idle, she goes in search of a new mystery to solve and believes the find in the person of an old lady who, every Tuesday at 15h, takes the bus with always the same book she re-borrowed at the library of one week to the other ...

Not easy to string after Volume 1 as successful as "The Petrified zoo" but Joris Chamblain and Aurélie Neyret do very respectably with "The Book of Hector." Again, their young detective will make the smile of an elderly prisoner of sadness and memories. This will not be without consequences for its relations with those around him, who feels used and betrayed. Despite his good intentions and his big heart, Cherry can be obsessed with his goal up hurting the people she loves ... but this endearing girl is also able to find the courage to apologize to those that she wounded. So do the authors offer us a nice lesson in life besides a touching experience.

From the graphical point of view, the wonder remains intact. Aurélie Neyret creates a visually friendly universe in which we want to get lost. We like to get the extracts of Cherry Log, his childish writing, collages and fun doodles. The two volumes of this series are a true success which should be high on your gift list if you have children in your circle of a dozen book lovers years.