The instant New York Times bestseller from the author of the Newbery Medal winner When You Reach Me: a story about spies, games, and friendship.
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The first day Georges (the S is silent) moves into a new Brooklyn apartment, he sees a sign taped to a door in the basement: SPY CLUB MEETINGβTODAY!
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Thatβs how he meets his twelve-year-old neighΒbor Safer. He and Georges quickly become alliesβand fellow spies. Their assignment? Tracking the mysterious Mr. X, who lives in the apartment upstairs. But as Saferβs requests become more and more demanding, Georges starts to wonder: how far is too far to go for your only friend?
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βWill touch the hearts of kids and adults alike.β βNPR
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Winner of the Guardian Prize for Childrenβs Fiction
Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and more!
REBECCA STEAD is the author of First Light and the Newbery Medal winner When You Reach Me. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and two children.