Written by: Tobin and Coover
First line: Presto!
Why you should read this book: It's a fun graphic novel about a teenage vigilante master thief who steals for both aesthetic and social justice purposes and has a gang of street urchins who worship her and will lay their lives on the line every time she gets into a jam. Although it's an English story, the authors go to great lengths to make it feel French, from characterization and landscape but especially in the way they use language. Bandette must decide whether to trust and team up with her greatest rival, an elderly master thief called Monsieur, to defeat a much more evil guy called Absinthe.
Why you shouldn't read this book: It's marketed for ages 15 and up, but it feels quite a bit younger in many ways.
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