Bibliography: Lee, Y.S. (2010). The Agency Book 2: The Body at the Tower. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press. ISBN:
Plot Summary: On her second case for the Agency, Mary Quinn finds herself in the seamy side of Victorian London, pretending to be a boy while she spies on the construction site of the clock tower of the [...]
Bibliography: Baratz-Logsted, Lauren. (2010). The Education of Bet. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN: 978-0547223087
Plot Summary: In 19th century England, Bet and Will, childhood friends though she is a daughter of a maid and he the son of wealthy family, concoct a plan so both can get what they want. Bet, an education, and Will, [...]
Bibliography: Nunn, Malla. (2010). Let the Dead Lie. New York: Washington Square Press. ISBN: 978-1416586227
Plot Summary: Disgraced and dismissed at the end of A Beautiful Place to Die, former Detective Sargeant Emmanuel Cooper is working on the docks of Durban trying to catch corrupt cops when he stumbles on the body of a murdered child. [...]
Bibliography: Lee, Y.S. (2010, March). The Agency 1: A Spy in the House. Somerville, MA: 9780763640675
Plot Summary: Thief and housebreaker Mary Quinn is rescued from Old Bailey and educated at Miss Scrimshaw’s Academy for Girls for a chance at a better life. She tries her hand at several careers but is bored and uninspired. Two [...]
I think I first read the Little House on the Prairie series in the summer time, but it is the winter scenes that really stick with me still. Snow angels and sugaring snow, making pictures in the frost on the window, twisting hay and grinding wheat, Pa getting lost in a snow storm…Maybe because this [...]