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 language
English
Original publication date
2022-09-29
Physical description
416 p.; 8.74 inches
ISBN
0241429862 / 9780241429860
Local notes
A wartime-set mystery series featuring two resourceful children desperate to be taken on as spies for the titular government ministry.
Crossword gilded onto the front boards under the dust jacket.
Crossword gilded onto the front boards under the dust jacket.