Harriet the Spy, Double Agent (Harriet the Spy Adventures (Dell Yearling Book)),Used

Product DescriptionHarriet is impressed to learn that the girl she has befriended, now called Annie Smith, is the person who not only created three namesRosarita Sauvage, Yolanda Montezuma, and Zoe Carpacciobut also three distinct personalities to match. This girl has potential. Being a spy has always been rather solitary, so Harriet is glad to have a new friend and spy partner. But then Harriet realizes that Annie reveals very little about herself, and indeed, is not telling the truth about where she goes and who she meets on the weekend. Sport says hes in love with the girl, but Annie lets drop shes in love with an older man. Harriet cant understand anything at all about this thing called loveeven when she asks Ole Golly for advice, she still wonders. But as Harriet unravels Annies mystery, she comes to appreciate the many different kinds of love there are.Praise for Harriet the Spy and Her FriendsHarriet the SpyHarriet is . . . wholly relatable whether youre eleven or several times that age.EW.comHarriet Spies AgainBy Louise Fitzhugh and Helen EricsonWinner of the Edgar Award for Best Juvenile NovelEricson has perfectly captured the voice and pacing of Fitzhughs original novel in a seamless rendering of a fresh, enjoyable story for todays readers. School Library JournalHarriet the Spy, Double AgentBy Louise Fitzhugh and Maya GoldHarriet the Spy is back, and Gold does a credible job of maintaining the special character and her crusty charm. BooklistThe Long Secret[STAR] Written with subtlety, compassion, and [Louise Fitzhughs] remarkable ability to see inside the minds of children. School Library Journal, StarredSport[STAR] A worthy successor to Harriet the Spyand that is high tribute. Booklist, StarredReview'As Harriet Welsch unravels mysteries about Annie, she comes to embrace many kinds of different loveof parents, of friends, of herself, and others who will come into and out of her life.'BookLoonsAbout the AuthorMaya Gold, like Annie Smith, is a woman of many identities. In some of her other lives, she has been an awardwinning screenwriter, novelist, editor, and occasional planter of Douglas firs. But her favorite role is that of proud mother to tenyearold author and deepdyed Harriet fan Sophia M. Gold. They live in New York.Louise Fitzhugh (19281974) was born in Memphis, Tennessee. She attended Bard College, studied art in Italy and France, and continued her studies in New York at the Art Students League and at Cooper Union. Her books Harriet the Spy, The Long Secret, and Sport have been acclaimed as milestones of childrens literature. These classics delight readers year after year.Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.CHAPTER 1Harriet M. Welsch took out the flashlight that always hung from her spy belt, snapped off the overhead light, and stepped into the bathtub. It was precisely 9:29 p.m. It felt strange to stand in the tub fully dressed (except for her sneakers, which would not do), but spies were accustomed to doing strange things. Harriet peered through the narrow exhaust window, set over a twin row of black and white checkered tiles, and hoped that her contact, the girl with four names, understood the importance of promptness.A faint glow of peachtinted streetlight shone through the pane. Harriet stared over the treetops of East Eightyseventh Street at the carved marble cornices on the south side of the street. It was snowing again, and a light stripe of powder lined every bare twig. She wished they'd agreed on an earlier time. Ninethirty was dangerously close to her bedtime, when one of her parents might venture up to the third floor to bid her a distracted goodnight. Revise, she informed herself. First thing tomorrow. She narrowed her eyes, squinting into the snowfall.A circle of light snapped on in a dark window across the street. Could that be it? The angle looked lower than Harriet had expected. She held