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Dawn Buckle spends most of her days trying to get people to notice her, but whether at home or at school, it's as if she's invisible. And that's exactly what makes her the ideal recruit for S.H.H. (Strictly Hush Hush)—a secret intelligence agency. How the world's most forgettable girl transform herself into a world-class spy (and brings in a surprising double agent) makes for a rollicking read.

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Overview

Dawn Buckle spends most of her days trying to get people to notice her, but whether at home or at school, it's as if she's invisible. And that's exactly what makes her the ideal recruit for S.H.H. (Strictly Hush Hush)—a secret intelligence agency. How the world's most forgettable girl transform herself into a world-class spy (and brings in a surprising double agent) makes for a rollicking read.

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Publishers Weekly
After her whimsical debut fantasy novel, Dale (Whispering to Witches) turns out an uneven mystery starring a lonely yet optimistic 11-year-old. Dawn "drifted through life with no one giving her a second glance," yet "clung to the hope that something exciting was going to happen to her." When Dawn spots the driver of a car "goggling at her" as she crosses a street on the way to school, she is "astounded" that someone has actually noticed her and is convinced that "something... with a capital `S' " is about to happen. Something does (the driver, a recruiter for a secret intelligence organization, taps Dawn to join the force as a spy), but the tale's intrigue takes too long to kick in. After Dawn and readers endure her laborious spy training, the young sleuth is finally launched on her mission: to discover the whereabouts of Angela, a spy who had suddenly vanished just after phoning headquarters to report that she had spotted a villainous fellow thought to have died a decade earlier. Dawn takes up residence in the town from which Angela disappeared and begins collecting clues that eventually let her uncover the identify of the rogue. Sprinkled with charming Briticisms and ample humor, Dale's complex whodunit entails false leads and tangles that will keep kids guessing, even if the novel's initial lumbering pace may stall them. Ages 8-12. (Nov.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
School Library Journal
Gr 4-6-Dawn Buckle, 11, is so ordinary that even her parents frequently fail to notice her. This invisibility pays off when a top-secret spy organization called P.S.S.T. recruits her for an important rescue mission. She must learn the tools of the spy trade and then go undercover in a small English village to track down criminal mastermind Murdo Meek. Bumbling spies, numerous mishaps, and a jumble of acronyms-spy agencies called S.H.H., A.H.E.M., and C.O.O.E.E.-contribute to the story's light, humorous tone. The bad guys don't kill people; they just kidnap them, lock them up, exploit their phobias, or knock them off ladders. There is a large cast of colorful characters but, except for the protagonist, few are particularly well developed. The story also gets off to a slow start; the mission doesn't actually begin until almost halfway into the novel. Still, mystery lovers should enjoy following the clues and observing Dawn's development as she becomes more confident and self-assured. Plenty of challenging vocabulary will also make this a good choice for precocious readers who want a book without mature themes.-Miranda Doyle, San Francisco Public Library Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
Kirkus Reviews
Eleven-year-old Dawn Buckle, with her nondescript appearance and mushroom-colored knee socks, is constantly ignored and overlooked-even by her own parents. This natural knack for invisibility, while personally frustrating, pays off when Dawn is recruited by an English spy-busting organization known as P.S.S.T. (Pursuit of Scheming Spies and Traitors), a division of S.H.H. (Strictly Hush-Hush). Dawn's assigned mission is to go undercover as Kitty Wilson, infiltrating an Essex village in pursuit of the missing Angela Bradshaw, a spy at P.S.S.T. for 40 years who may have been captured by the villainous traitor Murdo Meek. While genuine danger looms, silliness trumps all in this giddy novel, complete with torturing turtles, secret staircases, magpie messengers and a school of red herrings. Readers will not care so much about the dizzying denouement as revel in the details of the hunt and the tools of the trade (like a shell-shaped telephone and disappearing purple ink). Amid the madcap spy antics is the story of a once-invisible girl who happily loses her knack for going unnoticed. (Fiction. 9-12)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781599900025
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
  • Publication date: 10/1/2006
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 368
  • Age range: 8 - 12 Years
  • Product dimensions: 4.99 (w) x 7.81 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Meet the Author

Anna Dale lives in Southampton, England, where she works part-time as a bookseller.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 31, 2013

    Dawn undercover

    A good book

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 15, 2007

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    This book was sooooooooooooooooo good! I love Anna Dale's writing. You can really relate to the characters. It is the perfect concotion of mystery, humor, and action!

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