We look forward to seeing you on your next visit to the library. Find a location near you.

Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls
(Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read)

Book Cover
Average Rating
5 star
 
(1)
4 star
 
(1)
3 star
 
(1)
2 star
 
(0)
1 star
 
(1)
Published:
Aladdin 2017
Accelerated Reader:
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure:
630L
Status:
Checked Out
Description
A girl discovers her boarding school is actually an elite spy-training program, and she must learn the skills of the trade in order to find her mother in this action-packed middle grade debut that's perfect for fans of Stu Gibbs.
After a botched escape plan from her boarding school, Abigail is stunned to discover the school is actually a cover for an elite spy ring called The Center, along with being training grounds for future spies. Even more shocking? Abigail's mother is a top agent for The Center and she has gone MIA, with valuable information that many people would like to have—at any cost. Along with a former nemesis and charming boy from her grade, Abigail goes through a crash course in Spy Training 101, often with hilarious—and sometimes painful—results.

But Abigail realizes she might be a better spy-in-training than she thought—and the answers to her mother's whereabouts are a lot closer than she thinks...
Also in This Series
Formats
Adobe EPUB eBook
Works on all eReaders (except Kindles), desktop computers and mobile devices with reading apps installed.
Kindle Book
Works on Kindles and devices with a Kindle app installed.
OverDrive Read
Need Help?
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.
More Like This
Other Editions and Formats
More Copies In LINK+
Loading LINK+ Copies...
More Details
Format:
Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read
Street Date:
07/04/2017
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781481490221
ASIN:
B01LZ1PQYQ
Accelerated Reader:
MG
Level 4.3, 8 Points
Lexile measure:
630
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)

Beth McMullen. (2017). Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls. Aladdin.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Beth McMullen. 2017. Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls. Aladdin.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Beth McMullen, Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls. Aladdin, 2017.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Beth McMullen. Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls. Aladdin, 2017.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
Copy Details
LibraryOwnedAvailable
Shared Digital Collection10
Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
270c5ca4-70ed-2326-d8f9-3b6ff498d703
Go To Grouped Work
Needs Update?:
No
Date Added:
Jun 12, 2018 17:12:52
Date Updated:
Feb 02, 2022 06:22:48
Last Metadata Check:
May 09, 2024 18:50:54
Last Metadata Change:
Jun 04, 2023 12:19:41
Last Availability Check:
May 09, 2024 18:50:56
Last Availability Change:
May 09, 2024 18:50:56
Last Grouped Work Modification Time:
May 10, 2024 02:11:01

OverDrive Product Record

images
    • cover:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0439-1/{C0C881BF-3A9C-4FA2-A54B-F73A97F6FC04}Img100.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • thumbnail:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0439-1/{C0C881BF-3A9C-4FA2-A54B-F73A97F6FC04}Img200.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover150Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0439-1/C0C/881/BF/{C0C881BF-3A9C-4FA2-A54B-F73A97F6FC04}Img150.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover300Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0439-1/C0C/881/BF/{C0C881BF-3A9C-4FA2-A54B-F73A97F6FC04}Img400.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
formats
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9781481490221
            • type: ASIN
            • value: B01LZ1PQYQ
            • type: KoboBookID
            • value: b7a7366b-7c28-3242-a5d6-27c1df25454f
      • name: Adobe EPUB eBook
      • id: ebook-epub-adobe
      • identifiers:
            • type: ASIN
            • value: B01LZ1PQYQ
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9781481490221
            • type: KoboBookID
            • value: b7a7366b-7c28-3242-a5d6-27c1df25454f
      • name: Kindle Book
      • id: ebook-kindle
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9781481490221
            • type: ASIN
            • value: B01LZ1PQYQ
            • type: KoboBookID
            • value: b7a7366b-7c28-3242-a5d6-27c1df25454f
      • name: OverDrive Read
      • id: ebook-overdrive
mediaType
eBook
primaryCreator
    • role: Author
    • name: Beth McMullen
title
Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls
dateAdded
2020-07-15T22:20:00Z
contentDetails
      • href: https://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=569&titleID=2988615
      • type: text/html
      • account:
          • name: NorthNet Library System (CA)
          • id: 2323
sortTitle
Mrs Smiths Spy School for Girls
crossRefId
2988615
series
Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls
id
C0C881BF-3A9C-4FA2-A54B-F73A97F6FC04
starRating
4.3

OverDrive MetaData

interestLevel
MG
isPublicDomain
False
formats
      • fileName: MrsSmithsSpySchoolfo_9781481490221_2988615
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 9039253
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9781481490221
      • rights:
            • type: Copying
            • value: 0
            • type: Printing
            • value: 0
            • type: Lending
            • value: 0
            • type: ReadAloud
            • value: 0
            • type: ExpirationRights
            • value: 0
      • name: Adobe EPUB eBook
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-epub-adobe
      • onSaleDate: 7/4/2017
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c0c881bf-3a9c-4fa2-a54b-f73a97f6fc04&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
      • fileName: MrsSmithsSpySchoolfo_9781481490221_2988615
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 0
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9781481490221
            • type: ASIN
            • value: B01LZ1PQYQ
      • name: Kindle Book
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-kindle
      • onSaleDate: 7/4/2017
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c0c881bf-3a9c-4fa2-a54b-f73a97f6fc04&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
      • fileName: MrsSmithsSpySchoolfo_9781481490221_2988615
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 4448858
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9781481490221
      • name: OverDrive Read
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-overdrive
      • onSaleDate: 7/4/2017
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c0c881bf-3a9c-4fa2-a54b-f73a97f6fc04&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
creators
      • role: Author
      • fileAs: McMullen, Beth
      • bioText: Beth McMullen is the author of the Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls series; the Lola Benko, Treasure Hunter series; the Secret of the Storm series; and several adult mysteries. Her books have heroes and bad guys, action and messy situations. An avid reader, she once missed her subway stop and rode the train all the way to Brooklyn because the book she was reading was that good. She lives in northern California with her family and two cats. Visit her at BethMcMullenBooks.com.
      • name: Beth McMullen
publishDate
2017-07-04T00:00:00-04:00
isOwnedByCollections
True
title
Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls
fullDescription
A girl discovers her boarding school is actually an elite spy-training program, and she must learn the skills of the trade in order to find her mother in this action-packed middle grade debut that's perfect for fans of Stu Gibbs.
After a botched escape plan from her boarding school, Abigail is stunned to discover the school is actually a cover for an elite spy ring called The Center, along with being training grounds for future spies. Even more shocking? Abigail's mother is a top agent for The Center and she has gone MIA, with valuable information that many people would like to have—at any cost. Along with a former nemesis and charming boy from her grade, Abigail goes through a crash course in Spy Training 101, often with hilarious—and sometimes painful—results.

But Abigail realizes she might be a better spy-in-training than she thought—and the answers to her mother's whereabouts are a lot closer than she thinks...
seriesId
1159401
gradeLevels
      • value: Grade 2
      • value: Grade 3
reviews
      • premium: True
      • source: Publisher's Weekly
      • content:

        May 15, 2017
        Abby lives in New York City with her single mother, and with summer winding down, she’s looking ahead to seventh grade. Then a surprise letter announcing her acceptance to the Smith School for Children turns Abby’s world upside down. After arriving at the school, she learns that it has an undercover element—training girls to be spies—and its best alumna, code named Teflon, is Abby’s own mother, who has gone missing. A lot of people want to find Teflon, including the head of the Smith School, who uses Abby as bait to lure her mother out. When that fails, Abby and her friends search for her mother themselves. In her first book for children, McMullen (the Sally Sin series) delivers a fast-moving, twist-filled addition to the kid spy genre, which builds to a nail-biter of a conclusion. Abby’s wry observations and tenacity, combined with glimpses of her vulnerability, make for entertaining reading while establishing a real and relatable character readers will hope to see again. Ages 9–13. Agent: Leigh Feldman, Leigh Feldman Literary.

      • premium: True
      • source: Kirkus
      • content:

        June 1, 2017
        Unexpectedly enrolled in a prestigious boarding school, 12-year-old Abigail suddenly finds herself embroiled in a dangerous mission for a secret spy ring."A chronic user of poor judgment," mixed-race Abigail has dark eyes and hair, "deep tan" skin, and a penchant for trouble. Facing a "complicated year," her white, single-parent mother, Jennifer, enrolls Abigail in Smith School in Connecticut, hoping her daughter will be challenged. However, Abigail soon discovers Smith clandestinely recruits and trains select students to gather intelligence for the Center, an elite national security organization. To Abigail's amazement, she also learns her mother's a Smith alum, was "the Center's top agent," has vanished trailing the infamous Ghost, and may be in "terrible danger." The Center enlists Abigail to act as bait to locate Jennifer, but the mission aborts, leaving Abigail on her own to outwit Ghost operatives. Determined to find Jennifer, Abigail cracks a key clue with help from Smith classmates (a multiethnic bunch) and emerges a wannabe spy. Abigail's first-person, present-tense narration lends nail-biting immediacy, vulnerability, and self-effacing humor to her attempts to escape from Smith, her cursory spy training, and her harrowing experiences as a hostage and escapee. A sassy, new spy series with a spunky heroine, multitalented sidekicks, and tense, rapid-fire adventure. (Mystery. 9-13)

        COPYRIGHT(2017) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

      • premium: True
      • source: School Library Journal
      • content:

        May 1, 2017

        Gr 4-8-Twelve-year-old Abigail Hunter, occasional rule breaker, is adjusting to her new boarding school and scary headmistress, Mrs. Smith, when she stumbles into a web of intrigue centered on her own missing mother. Abby discovers that her mother has been living a secret life as a spy, and now both good guys and bad are trying to track her down. Guess who's the bait to lure Abby's mother into the open? After learning some handy self-defense moves from mean girl Veronica and being outfitted with fantastical spy technology (a self-destructing smartphone that shoots rubber bullets, for example), Abby is sent to California, where she must use all of her wits to escape the clutches of henchmen working for a mysterious villain called "The Ghost." The action continues in the Big Apple after Abby enlists the help of her friends Charlotte, Toby, and Izumi. Throughout the story, Abby's faith in her abilities, even when she is underestimated, shows strength of character and purpose. Abby's funny, over-the-top personality and the book's numerous, enjoyable secondary characters combine to create a solid foundation for further installments as Abby follows in her mother's footsteps to enroll in spy training. VERDICT Middle grade readers of Stuart Gibbs's Spy School as well as fans of boarding school adventures such as Shannon Hale's Princess Academy will appreciate this comical and exhilarating escapade.-Alyssa Annico, Youngstown State University, OH

        Copyright 2017 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

popularity
1083
links
    • self:
        • href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L1BWwAAAA2I/products/c0c881bf-3a9c-4fa2-a54b-f73a97f6fc04/metadata
        • type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json
id
c0c881bf-3a9c-4fa2-a54b-f73a97f6fc04
starRating
4.3
images
    • cover:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0439-1/{C0C881BF-3A9C-4FA2-A54B-F73A97F6FC04}Img100.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • thumbnail:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0439-1/{C0C881BF-3A9C-4FA2-A54B-F73A97F6FC04}Img200.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover150Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0439-1/C0C/881/BF/{C0C881BF-3A9C-4FA2-A54B-F73A97F6FC04}Img150.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover300Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0439-1/C0C/881/BF/{C0C881BF-3A9C-4FA2-A54B-F73A97F6FC04}Img400.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
isPublicPerformanceAllowed
False
languages
      • code: en
      • name: English
subjects
      • value: Juvenile Fiction
      • value: Juvenile Literature
      • value: Mystery
publishDateText
07/04/2017
otherFormatIdentifiers
      • type: ISBN
      • value: 9781481490214
mediaType
eBook
shortDescription
A girl discovers her boarding school is actually an elite spy-training program, and she must learn the skills of the trade in order to find her mother in this action-packed middle grade debut that's perfect for fans of Stu Gibbs.
After a botched escape plan from her boarding school, Abigail is stunned to discover the school is actually a cover for an elite spy ring called The Center, along with being training grounds for future spies. Even more shocking? Abigail's mother is a top agent for The Center and she has gone MIA, with valuable information that many people would like to have—at any cost. Along with a former nemesis and charming boy from her grade, Abigail goes through a crash course in Spy Training 101, often with hilarious—and sometimes painful—results.

But Abigail realizes she might be a better spy-in-training than she thought—and the answers to her mother's whereabouts are a lot closer than she thinks...
sortTitle
Mrs Smiths Spy School for Girls
lexileScore
630
crossRefId
2988615
series
Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls
publisher
Aladdin
atos
4.3
bisacCodes
      • code: JUV001000
      • description: Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General
      • code: JUV028000
      • description: Juvenile Fiction / Mysteries & Detective Stories