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An eleven-year-old girl writes honest notes about everyone she knows
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What it is about
Harriet M. Welsch wants to be a writer, so she keeps a notebook where she writes what she sees and thinks, including her unkind thoughts about friends. When classmates find the notebook, her world is turned upside down.
Who will enjoy it
Young readers and writers.
What you will get
A classic of children’s literature.
Harriet the Spy Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Children’s Books · Notebook · Friendship · New York
Length
298 pages · ≈ 9 h
More about this book
Characters
Harriet, her nurse Ole Golly and her classmates.
Setting
Upper East Side, New York City.
What makes it different
A realistic and sometimes uncomfortable story about growing up.
Feel
Sharp, funny and honest.
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