Harriet the spy /
written and illustrated by Louise Fitzhugh.
- New York, NY : HarperCollins, [1990], c1964.
- 298 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
The story about eleven-year old Harriet, who is a spy, plans to be a writer, and keeps a secret notebook filled with thoughts and notes on her school mates and people she observes on her after-school "spy route." However, when her classmates find and read her notebook, their anger and retaliation, and Harriet's unexpected responses, explode in a hilarious and often touching manner.