By Robin Stevens (author) Part of the The Ministry of Unladylike Activity Mysteries series
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'It's hard to know where to start. There's so much to say - about the murders, and the codes, and the spy, that I'm getting tangled up in the story already...'
It's December 1941, and almost Christmas, when a bomb falls on Deepdean School for Girls. May and Nuala are whisked away from the chaos and sent to stay with May's big sister, Hazel Wong, who is working at Bletchley Park.
Within seconds, they're thrown straight into their most dangerous case yet. A codebreaker has been shot in what appears to be a tragic accident - until a suspicious and top-secret message is discovered in his pocket. Was he a spy, working for the other side? Was the message planted on him? Most importantly - was this murder?
Worst of all, Daisy's big brother, Bertie Wells, is being blamed. It's up to May, Nuala and their friend Eric to prove Bertie's innocence and solve the mystery. But Bletchley is a strange and secretive place, full of Britain's most ingenious minds. They'll need to watch, listen, and puzzle out the incredible, unthinkable truth…
The thrilling brand-new mystery from the million-copy-bestselling author of Murder Most Unladylike.
'Robin Stevens is Agatha Christie for children' - Katherine Rundell
Praise for Robin Stevens: 'Absolutely thrilling' Louie Stowell 'Superb' Observer 'Funny, clever and warm . . . Such a delight' Louise O'Neill 'Jolly gripping stuff' The Times 'Spirited and fun . . . A must for young murder mystery fans' Bookseller 'Triumphant . . . Deserves to be read for years to come' Guardian
Robin was born in California and grew up in an Oxford college, across the road from the house where Alice in Wonderland lived. When she was twelve, her father handed her a copy of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and she realised that she wanted to be either Hercule Poirot or Agatha Christie when she grew up. She spent her teenage years at Cheltenham Ladies' College, reading a lot of murder mysteries and hoping that she'd get the chance to do some detecting herself (she didn't). She went to university, where she studied crime fiction, and then worked at a children's publisher.
Robin is now a full-time author who lives in Oxford with her husband and her pet bearded dragon, Watson. She is the author of the bestselling, awardwinning Murder Most Unladylike series and The Guggenheim Mystery.
Photo credit Chris Close
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'It's hard to know where to start. There's so much to say - about the murders, and the codes, and the spy, that I'm getting tangled up in the story already...'It's December 1941, and almost Christmas, when a bomb falls on Deepdean School for Girls.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed A Stocking Full of Spies and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-10 years old
A Stocking Full of Spies features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Crime & Mystery, Historical Fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Military and war fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories, Recommendations, Adventure Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Romance / Relationship Stories
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A Stocking Full of Spies was written by Robin Stevens and published by Puffin an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK
A Stocking Full of Spies has 397 pages
Yes it is part of The Ministry of Unladylike Activity Mysteries series
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