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The Ministry of Unladylike Activity

By Robin Stevens
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The Ministry of Unladylike Activity by Robin Stevens is a thrilling adventure set during World War II. It follows young aspiring spies who are part of a secret agency determined to help the war effort. The story blends mystery, courage, and friendship as the characters embark on daring missions, capturing the excitement and energy of young detectives in a wartime setting.
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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.

Britain 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, smart, stubborn—and desperate to do whatever she can to help end the war, so she can go home to Hong Kong. May knows that there is no one more perfect to become a spy than a child. A child can go places, see things, and listen in on conversations in a way that no adult ever can.

When May and her friend Eric are turned away by the Ministry, they take matters into their own hands. Masquerading as evacuees, May and Eric arrive at Elysium Hall, home to the wealthy Verey family. It soon becomes clear that one of the family is passing information to Germany. May and Eric know if they can gather enough evidence on their suspect, 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...

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241552711

Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 October 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Puffin

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 27.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 284g

Pages: 416

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Penguin Books Robin Stevens Teen Thrills 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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