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09 Mar, 2010

Review: The Agency 1: A Spy in the House

Posted by: Susan In: Teen Lit

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 [...]

11 Nov, 2009

Review: The Hunchback Assignments

Posted by: Susan In: Teen Lit

Bibliography: Slade, Arthur. (September 2009).  The Hunchback Assignments.  New York:  Random House Children’s Books.  ISBN: 9780385737845
Plot Summary:  Mr. Socrates rescued Modo from traveling freak show when he was just a baby.  He recognized his special morphological skill, and had him trained as an agent for his secret society in Victorian London.  Together with another teen [...]


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