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The secret agent : and other spy kids / by Allan Zullo.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Zullo, Allan. Ten true tales ; Publisher: New York : Scholastic, [2015]Copyright date: ©2006Description: 147 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0545818141
  • 9780545818148
Subject(s):
Contents:
Living a lie -- The Carolina heroine: Emily Geiger, colonist spy, Revolutionary War, 1781 -- The Texas rat : Kit Benson, spy for General Sam Houston, Texas War of Independence, 1836 -- The newsboy: Charles Phillips, Union spy, Civil War, 1863-65 -- The rebel Joan of Arc: Belle Boyd, Confederate spy, Civil War, 1861-63 -- The boy martyr: David Dodd, Confederate spy, Civil War, 1863-64 -- The boy scout: Joe Leysin, Belgian spy catcher, World War I, 1914-18 -- The school girl: Marguerite Vourc'h, French spy, World War II, 1940-45 -- The peasant girl: Ingeborg Klein, German-born French spy, World War II, 1943-44 -- The hungry orphan: Choon Kyung Ko, spy for U.S. Military, Korean War, 1950-51.
Summary: "Can you imagine crossing enemy lines to deliver a secret message? Spying on your enemy from the attic of their hideout? Read all about kids just like you who risked their lives to be spies!" -- page 4 of cover.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 327.12 Z94 Available 33111008195840
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 327.12 Z94 Available 33111008024586
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Ten true stories of real-life kid spies!Can you imagine crossing enemy lines to deliver a secret message? Or spying on your enemy from the attic of their hideout?Read the 10 True Tales from kids just like you who risked their lives to be spies!

Living a lie -- The Carolina heroine: Emily Geiger, colonist spy, Revolutionary War, 1781 -- The Texas rat : Kit Benson, spy for General Sam Houston, Texas War of Independence, 1836 -- The newsboy: Charles Phillips, Union spy, Civil War, 1863-65 -- The rebel Joan of Arc: Belle Boyd, Confederate spy, Civil War, 1861-63 -- The boy martyr: David Dodd, Confederate spy, Civil War, 1863-64 -- The boy scout: Joe Leysin, Belgian spy catcher, World War I, 1914-18 -- The school girl: Marguerite Vourc'h, French spy, World War II, 1940-45 -- The peasant girl: Ingeborg Klein, German-born French spy, World War II, 1943-44 -- The hungry orphan: Choon Kyung Ko, spy for U.S. Military, Korean War, 1950-51.

"Can you imagine crossing enemy lines to deliver a secret message? Spying on your enemy from the attic of their hideout? Read all about kids just like you who risked their lives to be spies!" -- page 4 of cover.

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