How i became a spy: a mystery of wwii london, paperback/deborah hopkinson

From the award-winning author of The Great Trouble comes a story of espionage, survival, and friendship during World War II Bertie Bradshaw never set out to become a spy.

He never imagined traipsing around war-torn London, solving ciphers, practicing surveillance, and searching for a traitor to the Allied forces.

He certainly never expected that a strong-willed American girl named Eleanor would play Watson to his Holmes (or Holmes to his Watson, depending on who you ask).

But when a young woman goes missing, leaving behind a coded notebook, Bertie is determined to solve the mystery.

With the help of Eleanor and his friend David, a Jewish refugee--and, of course, his trusty pup, Little Roo--Bertie must decipher the notebook in time to stop a double agent from spilling the biggest secret of all to the Nazis.

From the author of The Great Trouble , this suspenseful WWII adventure reminds us that times of war call for bravery, brains and teamwork from even the most unlikely heroes.

About author(s): DEBORAH HOPKINSON has written more than 40 books for young readers.

She is the author of the middle-grade novels The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel ; A Bandits Tale: The Muddled Misadventures of a Pickpocket ; and Into the Firestorm: A Novel of San Francisco, 1906 .

Her picture books include Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt; Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building , an ALA-ALSC Notable Childrens Book and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book; Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek , an ALA-ALSC Notable Childrens Book and a Junior Library Guild Selection; A Boy Called Dickens ; and the ALA Notable Book Apples to Oregon .

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