The Resource A spy in the house, Y.S. Lee
A spy in the house, Y.S. Lee
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- 335 pages
- Note
- First published in Great Britain in 2009 by Walker Books
- Isbn
- 9780763640675
- Label
- A spy in the house
- Title
- A spy in the house
- Statement of responsibility
- Y.S. Lee
- Subject
-
- Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction
- London (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Household employees -- Juvenile fiction
- trueGender role
- Sex role -- Fiction
- trueVictorian era (1837-1901) -- 1837 -- 1901
- trueEngland
- trueGirl thieves
- trueHousekeepers
- Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Juvenile fiction
- trueQuinn, Mary (Fictitious character)
- trueTeenage girl orphans
- trueGreat Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901
- trueMysteries
- trueHousehold employees
- trueTeenage girls -- England
- Household employees -- Fiction
- trueCanadian fiction
- true1850s -- 1850 -- 1859
- trueHistorical mysteries
- Mystery and detective stories
- trueSeventeen-year-old girls
- Swindlers and swindling -- Juvenile fiction
- Sex role -- Juvenile fiction
- London (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSmuggling
- Orphans -- Fiction
- trueSwindlers and swindling
- Mystery fiction
- trueLondon, England -- History -- 19th century
- Historical fiction
- Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Summary
- Mary graduates from Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls with admirable skills, including being an undercover investigator. Working in the guise of a lady's companion, she infiltrates a merchant's home to try to trace his missing cargo ships. She then finds that that household is full of dangerous secrets.
- Award
-
- John Spray Mystery Award (Canada), 2011.
- YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 2015.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 346540
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1974-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lee, Y. S.
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- HL 680
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- LC call number
- PZ7.L591173
- LC item number
- Spy 2010
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 680
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
-
- 7
- 12
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- The Agency
- Series volume
- 0001
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Mystery and detective stories
- Swindlers and swindling
- Household employees
- Sex role
- Orphans
- Swindlers and swindling
- Household employees
- Sex role
- Orphans
- London (England)
- Great Britain
- London (England)
- Great Britain
- Target audience
- adolescent
- Label
- A spy in the house, Y.S. Lee
- Note
- First published in Great Britain in 2009 by Walker Books
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 21005665
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- 335 pages
- Isbn
- 9780763640675
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2009032736
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 9780763640675
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn430839049
- (OCoLC)430839049
- Label
- A spy in the house, Y.S. Lee
- Note
- First published in Great Britain in 2009 by Walker Books
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 21005665
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- 335 pages
- Isbn
- 9780763640675
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2009032736
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 9780763640675
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn430839049
- (OCoLC)430839049
Subject
- true1850s -- 1850 -- 1859
- trueCanadian fiction
- trueEngland
- trueGender role
- trueGirl thieves
- trueGreat Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901
- Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Fiction
- Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Juvenile fiction
- Historical fiction
- trueHistorical mysteries
- trueHousehold employees
- Household employees -- Fiction
- Household employees -- Juvenile fiction
- trueHousekeepers
- London (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- London (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
- trueLondon, England -- History -- 19th century
- trueMysteries
- Mystery and detective stories
- Mystery fiction
- Orphans -- Fiction
- Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
- trueQuinn, Mary (Fictitious character)
- trueSeventeen-year-old girls
- Sex role -- Fiction
- Sex role -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSmuggling
- trueSwindlers and swindling
- Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction
- Swindlers and swindling -- Juvenile fiction
- trueTeenage girl orphans
- trueTeenage girls -- England
- trueVictorian era (1837-1901) -- 1837 -- 1901
Genre
- trueCanadian fiction
- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHistorical mysteries
- Juvenile fiction
- trueMysteries
- Mystery fiction
Member of
Included in
- trueJohn Spray Mystery Award (Canada)
- trueYALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults: Mysteries: Murder, Mayhem, and Other Adventures (2015)
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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