History
Editor's Recommended Book
Historian H. Keith Melton is a specialist in 20th-century espionage; he's also quite a fan
of espionage gadgetry. Both interests make strong showings in this heavily illustrated
glimpse into the shadowy world of modern spying. Melton examines the...Read more
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This feature production from Nickelodeon is based on a popular kids' book from the 1960s
by Louise Fitzhugh, and stars Michelle Trachtenberg as an 11-year-old wannabe journalist
who writes all her observations about friends in a diary. When the book...Read more
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Children's
Books Editor's Recommended Book
Ages 8-12. Thirty-two years before it was made into a movie, Harriet the Spy was a
groundbreaking book: its unflinchingly honest portrayal of childhood problems and emotions
changed children's literature forever. Happily, it has neither dated nor...Read more
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Since the Chemical Brothers explosion, new big-beat acts from the U.K. are greeted with
skepticism, but Propellerheads are no copycats. Alex Gifford and Will White did the usual
groundwork by releasing singles and EPs before giving up a full album....Read more
From Booklist , May 15, 1998
Gr. 7^-12. Teenagers with a taste for classic (mostly British), cerebral mysteries, as
opposed to the more contemporary American shoot-'em-up variety, will find plenty to occupy
them in this collection, even though not all the offerings are detective...Read more
Secret Spy Stuff 
