Mnestel, le tout-puissant - Marc Guiguin

Srie rouge is a paperback series for 14-16 year olds learning French. Authentic French paperbacks for teenagers, which may be at the right cognitive level, are usually too difficult linguistically for students who have only been studying French at school for a limited amount of time per week. Srie rouge provides a stepping stone, offering stories of romance, murder and mystery, everyday stories and true stories, all written in straightforward French, in an easy-to-read format. The illustrations have been carefully chosen to help readers follow the text more easily.
Olivier always sits at the back in Bismarck's history lessons. One day he finds a curious little man carved on his desk, signed "Mnestel, the all-powerful". One red ball triggers a strange sequence of events that gradually unfold in the compelling story of Mnestel, le tout-puissant.