Status
Available
Call number
Collection
Publication
Puffin (2022), 416 pages
Description
Britain is at war, and a secret arm of the British government called the Ministry of Unladylike. Activity is training up spies. And who better to become a spy than a child? A child can go places, see things and listen in on conversations in a way that no adult ever can. Enter May Wong and her friends. Trained up at the Ministry, they soon embark upon their first mission: masquerading as evacuees, they are sent to a wealthy manor house to spy on the owner, who is suspected of working for the enemy.And then the murder happens...
Awards
Young Quills Award for Historical Fiction (Longlist — 2023)
Blackwell's Book of the Year (Shortlist — Children's — 2022)
Language
Original publication date
2022-09-29
Physical description
416 p.; 8.74 inches
ISBN
0241429862 / 9780241429860
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DDC/MDS
823.92 |