The Pear Affair : 'Absolutely sparkling, enchanting storytelling.' Hilary McKay

When Nell Magnificent's awful parents go to Paris for a business trip, she surprises them by tagging along. But Nell isn't planning on hanging around. The city is hiding someone very dear to her. Someone Nell affectionately calls Pear. Somone Nell is determined to find... And so Nell runs away on an epic mission during which she befriends bellboys, camps out in the laundry rooms of luxurious hotels and races through underground tunnels and catacombs... All to discover that the mystery behind Pear's disappearance leads to an even greater mystery... one that might implicate the whole of Paris.