A spy in the house
(Book)
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Published
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, [2016].
Format
Book
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
335 pages ; 22 cm.
Status
Main Library - Young Adult
Mystery Lee, Y
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Mystery Lee, Y
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Published
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, [2016].
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Lexile code
HL
Lexile measure
680
Notes
General Note
Includes an excerpt from "The Agency: The body at the tower.'
Description
Rescued from the gallows in 1850s London, young orphan and thief Mary Quinn is offered a place at Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls where she is trained to be part of an all-female investigative unit called The Agency and, at age seventeen, she infiltrates a rich merchant's home in hopes of tracing his missing cargo ships.
Target Audience
Young Adult.
Target Audience
HL680L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,MG+,5.1,11,136602.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Juvenile fiction.
Household employees -- Juvenile fiction.
London (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.
Sex role -- Juvenile fiction.
Swindlers and swindling -- Juvenile fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Juvenile fiction.
Household employees -- Juvenile fiction.
London (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.
Sex role -- Juvenile fiction.
Swindlers and swindling -- Juvenile fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Other Subjects
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical mystery novels.
Household employees -- Fiction.
London (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Mystery and detective stories.
Mystery fiction.
Orphans -- Fiction.
Sex role -- Fiction.
Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical mystery novels.
Household employees -- Fiction.
London (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Mystery and detective stories.
Mystery fiction.
Orphans -- Fiction.
Sex role -- Fiction.
Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction.