A Spy on the home front : American girl : a Molly mystery / by Alison Hart ; [illustrations by Jean-Paul Tibbles].

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Title:

Author:

Hart, Alison

Tibbles, Jean-Paul

ISBN:

9781584859963

9781584859888

Publication Information:

Middleton, WI : Pleasant Company, 2005.

Physical Description:

165 p.

Series:

American Girl : a Molly Mystery

General Note:

"American Girl mysteries."

Abstract:

During a visit to her grandparents' Illinois farm in 1944, ten-year-old Molly tries to prove the innocence of a German-American neighbor whom the FBI suspects of smuggling anti-American propaganda. Includes historical notes about life on the home front in World War II.

Subject Term:

World War, 1939-1945 -- Illinois -- Juvenile fiction.

World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.

German Americans -- Juvenile fiction.

Farm life -- Illinois -- Juvenile fiction.

Mystery and detective stories -- Juvenile fiction.

Geographic Term:

Illinois -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.

Added Author:

Tibbles, Jean-Paul

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Summary

- Features AGC character Molly McIntire in a new story--a suspenseful mystery involving a real-life threat on the American home front in WW Two.- Mysteries are an ever-popular genre among girls.- Meets customer demand for new stories about favorite AGC characters.- Meets customer demand for longer, more challenging AGC novels--story is written at a fourth-grade level and runs about twice as long as earlier AGC books.- Written by History Mysteries author Alison Hart, a 2000 Edgar Award nominee for Best Children's Mystery.- Full-color Looking Back- Paperback version includes a tear-off bookmark on back cover flap.

Reviews (1)

Horn Book Review

In August 1944, Molly and her friend try to figure out who's using Aunt Eleanor's army airplane to distribute anti-American leaflets. The characters are vehicles for imparting details about life on the homefront rather than fully developed individuals, and there are many references to Molly's previous adventures in other books--neither of which will deter fans. An illustrated afterword provides more history. Glos. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.