Meet Me on Mercer Street

A young artist returns to find her friend missing and her neighborhood changed. Can her sketches uncover the truth?

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192 pages· 12,287 words· Est. 2.5 hour read

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Kacie, an aspiring artist, returns to Mercer Street to find her friend Nisha missing and the neighborhood transformed. With her sketchbook in hand, she must unravel the mystery behind the boarded-up corner store and the tense atmosphere among the adults. As Kacie navigates these changes, her keen observational skills might be the key to uncovering the truth. Will she discover what happened to Nisha and how she fits into this shifting world? Dive into a tale of friendship, mystery, and self-discovery in a neighborhood full of secrets.

From the publisher

Harriet the Spy meets Front Desk in this funny, surprising graphic novel by Booki Vivat, author-illustrator of the New York Times bestselling Frazzled series.Aspiring artist Kacie spends most of her time on Mercer Street with her best friend, Nisha, people-watching and doodling whatever is happening in their neighborhood. But when she comes back from a summer away, the local corner store is boarded up, the adults in town are all on edge, and Nisha is nowhere to be found! Everything is changing, and Kacie’s not sure what to do about it. Especially without Nisha to help her.But Kacie has a knack for noticing things, and with her sketchbooks and observational skills, she just might have what it takes to figure out what’s really happening on Mercer Street.Filled with both cartoons and graphic comic panels, Booki Vivat draws a hilarious-yet-deeply-perceptive portrait of a changing neighborhood, a mysterious disappearance, and the girl who’s determined to understand how she fits in to the picture.

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