I am trying to catch up on some of my review books that I am behind on and this is one of them. So I got this from Edelweiss for a fair and honest review.
Two modern-day kids discover the truth about an American Revolutionary War–era female spy through a treasure-hunt adventure in their hometown of Setauket, New York.
With codewords and secret signals perfected, best friends Rachel and Joon are ready to spend their summer practicing spycraft—especially if they can uncover secrets like the one Joon’s parents have been keeping, that his family is about to move out of town.
When eavesdropping leads them to a ring rumored to have belonged to Anna “Nancy” Smith Strong—according to local Long Island legend, the only female member of George Washington’s famed Culper Spy Ring—they think they’ve hit the jackpot. Then they discover Nancy left a coded message in the ring!
Decoding her message leads to another cryptic clue, and then another, and soon Rachel and Joon are racing to decipher a series of puzzles that must surely lead to hidden treasure! But can they solve the final mystery before Joon’s moving day? And just what did the centuries-old spy hide away—and why?
What I thought:
I am a little hit or miss with this author but when I seen she had a middle grade book I grabbed it up. Then I sat on it instead of reading it which was dumb as it was really good.
Rachel and Joon have been friends since they first started school. They have played at being pirates and now that they are a little older they have decided to be spies. Rachel wants to distract Joon from thoughts of maybe having to move, so they spy on her mother and soon to be stepdad. Finds out he has a ring he wants to give Rachel that belonged to a relative of long ago who was said to be a spy.
Rachel and Joon know who this is because they have learned all about Anne Strong the female spy of the Culpepper spies that were said to be with George Washington. Cleaning up the ring shows them a engraving that leads them on a sort of treasure hunt.
The author weaves in historical facts with a fun treasure hunt and it's a great story about this female spy that not many know about. It's also a great story of friendship and accepting new people into your life (soon to be stepdad).
If you like middle grade mysteries or have kids that do I think this would be a great one to try.
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