The Agency 2: The Body at the Tower

Format:	Hardcover
Language:	English
ISBN:	0763649686
ISBN13:	9780763649685
Release Date:	August 2010
Publisher:	Candlewick Press (MA)
Length:	352 Pages
Weight:	1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:	1.2" x 6.1" x 8.6"
Age Range:	12 years and up
Grade Range:	Grade 7 and higher

Mary's second adventure as an undercover agent forces her to relive some harrowing childhood experiences as she seeks the identity of a murderer.

Mary Quinn is back, now a trusted member of the Agency, the all-female detective unit operating out of Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls. Her new assignment sends her into the grimy underbelly of Victorian London dressed as a poor boy, evoking her own childhood memories of fear, hunger, and constant want. As she insinuates herself into the confidence of several persons of interest, she encounters others in desperate situations and struggles to make a difference without exposing -- or losing -- her identity. Mary's adventure, which takes place on the building site of the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament, offers a fictional window into a fascinating historical time and place.