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Juvenile Fiction. Juvenile Literature. Mystery. HTML:Harriet M. Welsch has just received the best news of her eleventh year—Ole Golly is coming back! Harriet can still remember how sad she was when her beloved nanny married George Waldenstein and moved away. But the circumstances of Ole Golly’s return remain unclear. Where is George Waldenstein?With Mr. and Mrs. Welsch living in France for three months, Sport confiding that he has a crush on a girl at school, and the arrival of a show more mysterious new neighbor, who’s going to require a whole lot of spying, Harriet already has her hands full. Then she overhears Ole Golly saying she’s innocent—but innocent of what? Harriet the Spy is on the case and ready to help Ole Golly in any way she can.
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Harriet the Spy®
“Harriet is . . . wholly relatable whether you’re eleven or several times that age.”—EW.com
Harriet Spies Again
By Louise Fitzhugh and Helen Ericson
Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Novel
“Ericson has perfectly captured the voice and pacing of Fitzhugh’s original novel in a seamless rendering of a fresh, enjoyable story for today’s readers.” —School Library Journal
Harriet the Spy, Double Agent
By Louise Fitzhugh and Maya Gold
“Harriet the Spy is back, and Gold does a credible job of maintaining the special character and her crusty charm.” —Booklist
The Long Secret
[STAR] “Written with subtlety, compassion, and [Louise Fitzhugh’s] remarkable ability to see inside the minds of children.” —School Library Journal, Starred
Sport
[STAR] “A worthy successor to Harriet the Spy—and that is high tribute.” —Booklist, Starred. show less
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Nothing at all like the "real" Harriet...and that's a shame. I don't think she would have acted like this at all. It's very hard to capture the original character, no matter how much you may have loved her when you were growing up. Otherwise, it was a pleasant little read, if you can ignore your preconceived notions.
I had read the original Harriet the Spy when I was young and this book was very true to the original. This book was very enjoyable and a great mystery for kids. It is also quite sweet and sarcastic--a strange but compelling combination.
Ole Golly returns to take care of 12 year old Harriet while her parents are in Paris, France. In the previous book Olly Golly leaves to get married. Ole Golly is acting unlike herself. she is very sad and claims not to feel well. Harriet spies on Ole Golly to find out what is wrong.
I couldn't really get into this. I preferred the original Harriet the Spy book to this one, it got a little boring and monotonous. Maybe I'm too old for it or something, but stopped reading it halfway through and going to pass it on.
Oct 13, 2009Thingamabrarian
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- Original publication date
- 2002
- People/Characters
- Harriet Welsch; Simon "Sport" Rocque; Catherine Golly Waldenstein
- Important places
- New York, New York, USA
- First words
- "I won't go," Harriet told her parents.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And then the mixture of things could be rolled up in a rubber band, and it would always be there--in your toy box or your memory or your heart--so you could examine it whenever you wanted, in absolute privacy, wearing your pajamas, or sometimes in the company of an understanding friend.
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- English, Russian
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