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The Ministry of Unladylike Activity

By Robin Stevens
Series: The Ministry of Unladylike Activity
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The Ministry of Unladylike Activity by Robin Stevens takes readers into the world of espionage during World War II with a focus on young spies. The story unfolds with a group of children embroiled in secretive missions, combining mystery and historical intrigue. Amidst a backdrop of wartime Britain, they navigate dangers and puzzles, proving their cleverness and courage.
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The Ministry of Unladylike Activity

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The start of a thrilling new World War Two mystery series from the number-one-bestselling and multi-award-winning author of Murder Most Unladylike.

1940. The world is at war, and a secret arm of the British government called the Ministry of Unladylike Activity is training up spies.

Enter May Wong—courageous, stubborn, and desperate to help end the war so that she can go home to Hong Kong (and leave her annoying school, Deepdean, behind forever). May knows that she would make the perfect spy. After all, grown-ups always underestimate children like her.

When May and her friend Eric are turned away by the Ministry, they take matters into their own hands. Masquerading as evacuees, they travel to Elysium Hall, home to the wealthy Verey family—including snobby, dramatic Nuala. They suspect that one of the Vereys is passing information to Germany. If they can prove it, the Ministry will have to take them on.

But there are more secrets at Elysium Hall than May or Eric could ever have imagined.

And then, someone is murdered...

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The Ministry of Unladylike Activity by Robin Stevens is praised for its humour, cleverness, and warmth, akin to classic mystery delights. It introduces a new group of resourceful child detectives in an engaging narrative, carefully crafted in its depiction of time and place, and promises an exciting and suspenseful journey filled with intrigue and friendship. The book is hailed as a must-read for fans of mysteries, offering fun and thrilling experiences reminiscent of Agatha Christie for younger audiences.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241429877

Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 May 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Puffin

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 289g

Pages: 416

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Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Penguin Books Robin Stevens Series: The Ministry of Unladylike Activity Young Adult

About the Author

Robin Stevens was born in California and grew up in an Oxford college, across the road from the house where Alice in Wonderland lived. She has been making up stories all her life. 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 she worked at a children's publisher. Robin is now a full-time author and the creator of the internationally award-winning and bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series, starring Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong, and the brand-new Ministry of Unladylike Activity. She still hopes she might get the chance to do some detecting of her own one day. She lives in England.

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