On the Sapphire's Trail: Book 2

By Florian Ferrier and Katherine Ferrier

The adorable residents of Hotel Strange are busy planning a music festival, until thieves kidnap Marietta and Mr. Léclair. A cast of quirky characters sets out to rescue them. As usual in Hotel Strange, distractions abound. They must first solve the mystery of a missing sapphire to save their friends, and the festival!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lerner Publishing
• Release date: Jan 1, 2016
• ISBN: 9781512406733

Florian Ferrier

Florian Ferrier is a French producer of animated television programs. He co-wrote the graphic novel series Hôtel Étrange (Hotel Strange) with his wife, Katherine Ferrier.

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Reviews for On the Sapphire's Trail

[elizajane_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I love the quirky art and characters in this series! They are so much fun and creepy cute. Summer has come to Hotel Strange and they are putting on their annual musical with everyone involved except Kiki who gets all grumpy this time of year hating the noise, not helping out because he's lazy and everything he tries to do always ends up a catastrophe anyway. And, catastrophe is the theme word of this volume. All sorts, both big and small. Kiki stumbles upon some thieves who have been robbed and the gang then go out to find the missing treasure. The plot as in the first book isn't exactly exciting, but the dialogue and cute, fun characters make it an enjoyable read.

[carlathelibrarian · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This is the second graphic novel in the "Hotel Strange" series. The characters in this book are planning and preparing for a big music festival and Kiki is too lazy to help anyone. While Marietta tries to convince Kiki to help they stumble upon a monster who wants to sing in the festival. While Kiki heads home, Marietta tries to find a quiet place for the Arrgoyle to practice. When she heads home, she is kidnapped by thieves! The Hotel Strange crew find out she has been kidnapped and head off to help her. The thieves are looking for the people who stole their sapphires, and Marietta and the gang try to help solve the mystery of the missing sapphires while they hold Mr. Leclair hostage. Meanwhile the rest of the gang continue to practise for the festival. They eventually solve the mystery and have time to spare before the big music festival. There are actually a couple of storylines going on here and this could get to be confusing but I think the group this is aimed for (ages 6 to 9) will enjoy it. The illustrations are colourful and detailed and definitely add to the story. This is a cute story and a good follow up to the first book.

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.