La Balade de Yaya #7

A warmly rendered cover from Jean-Marie Omont and Golo Zhao frames a large, good-natured man and a bright-eyed young girl standing together before a massive steam locomotive, surrounded by a bustling crowd of figures in period dress. The soft watercolor palette and the title Le Piège ("The Trap") hint at adventure and tension wrapped in an intimate, human story. Volume 7 of La Balade de Yaya continues to make this 2013 French-language series a standout in European bande dessinée for readers of all ages.