Middle-grade novel · Fiction
Harriet the Spy
Louise Fitzhugh
About the book
Eleven-year-old Harriet keeps a notebook of blunt observations about everyone in her Manhattan neighborhood, until her classmates read it.
Reading notes
A classic New York story about writing, honesty, and friendship.
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Book details
- Author
- Louise Fitzhugh
- First published
- 1964
- Suggested ages
- Ages 9–12 (editorial estimate — children vary)
- Reading mode
- Independent reader
- Topics
- new york city, writing, friendship
- Edition shown
- ISBN 9780440416791 · Yearling, 2002 · Paperback
- Catalog record
- Open Library work record · edition record
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