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A spy in the house Cover Image Book Book

A spy in the house / Y.S. Lee.

Lee, Y. S. (Ying S.), 1974- (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780763640675
  • ISBN: 0763640670
  • ISBN: 9780763652890 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 076365289X (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 335 p. ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
  • Publisher: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2010.

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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.

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Subject: Mystery and detective stories.
Swindlers and swindling > Fiction.
Household employees > Fiction.
Sex role > Fiction.
Orphans > Fiction.
London (England) > History > 19th century > Fiction.
Great Britain > History > Victoria, 1837-1901 > Fiction.
Swindlers and swindling > Juvenile fiction.
Household employees > Juvenile fiction.
Sex role > Juvenile fiction.
Orphans > Juvenile fiction.
London (England) > History > 19th century > Juvenile fiction.
Great Britain > History > Victoria, 1837-1901 > Juvenile fiction.
Historical mystery novels.
Genre: Young adult fiction.
Historical fiction.
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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Bethel Public Library.

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