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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Allison LassieurPublisher: Capstone Press Imprint: Capstone Press Dimensions: Width: 15.00cm , Height: 0.50cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.159kg ISBN: 9780756555023ISBN 10: 0756555027 Pages: 64 Publication Date: 01 January 2017 Recommended Age: From 9 to 12 years Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsSidebars in the narrative address readers who may be considering spy work as a career and offer trivia about clandestine operations. Lassieur also covers expected topics, such as spy gadgets, unexplained events in the intelligence community, the future of espionage, and the lives of real high-profile spies. A set of critical-thinking questions in the end matter connect the book's content to the CCSS. A quality, high-interest resource for those considering spy work or for casual browsers.-- Booklist The insights into spies' motivations and the mechanics behind their craft make for exciting, interesting reads. Photographs and sidebars provide additional nuggets of information.-- Nonfiction Notes from the Horn Book "Sidebars in the narrative address readers who may be considering spy work as a career and offer trivia about clandestine operations. Lassieur also covers expected topics, such as spy gadgets, unexplained events in the intelligence community, the future of espionage, and the lives of real high-profile spies. A set of critical-thinking questions in the end matter connect the book's content to the CCSS. A quality, high-interest resource for those considering spy work or for casual browsers.-- ""Booklist"" The insights into spies' motivations and the mechanics behind their craft make for exciting, interesting reads. Photographs and sidebars provide additional nuggets of information.-- ""Nonfiction Notes from the Horn Book""" Author InformationAllison Lassieur has never had pop-star dreams, but she once sang in a choir that went on a multi-state tour on the way to Walt Disney World. Today she's an award-winning author of more than 150 history and non-fiction books about everything from Ancient Rome to the International Space Station. Her books have received several Kirkus starred reviews and Booklist recommendations, and her historical novel Journey to a Promised Land was awarded the 2020 Kansas Library Association Notable Book Award, and Library of Congress Great Reads Book selection. Allison lives in upstate New York with her husband, daughter, a scruffy, loveable mutt named Jingle Jack, and more books than she can count. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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