A Spy in the House
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2010.
Format: Ebook
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Edition: First U.S. edition.
Description: 1 online resource (335 pages).
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.
Series: Lee, Y. S. (Ying S.), 1974- Agency.
Subjects:
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.
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.
Target Audience: HL680L
ISBN:
9780763651824
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Ebook
Electronic resource.
Description based on print version record.
Description based on print version record.