Traitor in the shipyard : a Caroline mystery

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Title:

Traitor in the shipyard : a Caroline mystery

Author:

Ernst, Kathleen, 1959- author.

Giovine, Sergio, illustrator.

Series:

American girls collection.

American girl mystery.

Summary:

Caroline worries that British spies may be lurking in Sackets Harbor, but when strange things start happening at Abbott's Shipyard Caroline wonders if a spy, either someone she has known all her life or Papa's long-lost friend, is responsible.

Audience:

Ages 9 and up.

Physical Description:

182 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 19 cm.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Subject Term:

Spies -- Juvenile fiction.

Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.

Families -- Juvenile fiction.

Geographic Term:

New York (State) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Giovine, Sergio,

Publisher:

American Girl Pub.,

Publication Date:

2013

ISBN:

9781609580858

9781609580841

Publication Information:

Middleton, WI : American Girl Pub., c2013.

Call Number:

J AMERICA CA

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

When Caroline learns that British spies may be lurking in Sackets Harbor, she is worried. Then, a long lost friend of Papa's shows up in town. Papa is delighted to give him a job at Abbott's Shipyard, but soon, strange things start going wrong. Caroline is sure a spy is making trouble at the yard ? but is it one of Abbott's trusted workers, whom she has known all her life, or could it be Papa's dear friend? An illustrated "Looking Back" section discuses the role of spies in the War of 1812.

Author Notes

Kathleen Ernst received a degree in forestry from West Virginia University. Before becoming a full time writer in 2004, she worked at an outdoor living history museum called Old World Wisconsin for 12 years and as a television writer. Her first published historical fiction novels were The Night Riders of Harpers Ferry and The Bravest Girl in Sharpsburg. She has also written numerous American Girl novels including 6 books about Caroline Abbott published in 2012. Her other works include Hearts of Stone, the Chloe Ellefson Mystery series, and the nonfiction book Too Afraid to Cry: Maryland Civilians in the Antietam Campaign.

(Bowker Author Biography)