The Sly Spy (Olivia Sharp: Agent for Secrets) - Softcover

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman; Sharmat, Mitchell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440420628 ISBN 13: 9780440420620

Publisher: Yearling, 2005

Synopsis

“I, Nate the Great, have something to say. My cousin Olivia Sharp is almost (but not quite) the world’s best detective. I solve mysteries. She’s an agent for secrets. You won’t forget Olivia. She won’t let you.”

Olivia sharp is back! Rather than solve mysteries like her cousin Nate, Olivia helps friends with their problems by detecting what’s wrong beneath the surface. You'll be won over by Olivia’s spunk, eccentricities, and can-do spirit.

About this title

About the Author:

Born in Portland, Maine, in 1928, Marjorie Weinman Sharmat dreamed of becoming a writer. Little did she know that she would be the author of more than 130 books for children of all ages, which have been translated into 17 languages. Another of her childhood dreams, that of becoming a detective, has also been realized in her most popular Nate the Great series, begun in 1972. Many of Sharmat's books have been Literary Guild selections and chosen as Books of the Year by the Library of Congress. Several have been made into films for television, including Nate the Great Goes Undercover, winner of the Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival Award. Nate the Great Saves the King of Sweden has been named one of the New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing. Her She lives with her husband in Tuscon, Arizona.

Mitchell Sharmat, a graduate of Harvard University, has written numerous picture books, easy readers, and novels. He is best known for the classic Gregory, the Terrible Eater, a Reading Rainbow Feature Selection and a New York Times Critics’ Pick. In his honor, The Sharmat Collection, displaying the books he has written, was established at the Harvard Graduate School of Education by the Munroe C. Gutman Library.

Denise Brunkus is a children’s book illustrator. She has illustrated more than 60 books, including the wildly popular Junie B. Jones series and Read All About It! by Laura and Jenna Bush.

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 2-- Another installment in the series that brought readers The Pizza Monster and The Princess of the Fillmore Street School (both Delacorte, 1989) . Olivia has been asked to keep a secret from her friend, Desiree--that Desiree's surprise birthday present is a canary. However, Desiree has hired E. J. to uncover the surprise. The story structure is reminiscent of episodes in Sharmat's "Nate the Great" books (Coward)--short, simple sentences packed with humor and a not-too-mysterious plot. The dialogue and Olivia's Maxwell Smart-like comments are more sophisticated, however, and will appeal to readers in between "Nate" and David Adler's "Fourth Floor Twins" (Viking). Line drawings in a comic style adorn nearly every page, capsules of the fun taking place in the text. Although the plot is basic and the characterizations simplistic, this book should prove popular where early mysteries are in demand. --Nancy Menaldi-Scanlan, Wheeler School, Providence, RI
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About this edition

• Publisher: Yearling
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0440420628
• ISBN 13: 9780440420620
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80
• Illustrator: Brunkus Denise