A Spy in the house

Summary: Summary: Rescued from the gallows in 1850s London, young orphan and thief Mary Quinn is offered a place at Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls where she is trained to be part of an all-female investigative unit called The Agency and, at age seventeen, she infiltrates a rich merchant's home in hopes of tracing his missing cargo ships.

Record details

ISBN: 9780763652890
Physical Description: print
352 p. 335 p.
Publisher: Somerville : Random House of Canada, Feb. 2011

Content descriptions

General Note:	Summary: Rescued from the gallows in 1850s London, young orphan and thief Mary Quinn is offered a place at Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls where she is trained to be part of an all-female investigative unit called The Agency and, at age seventeen, she infiltrates a rich merchant's home in hopes of tracing his missing cargo ships.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Available for distribution in: USA, CANADA
Target Audience Note:	Juvenile Audience Candlewick Press
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:	4/14/2011