Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. When Georges responds to a notice saying Spy Club Meeting - today! his life begins to change.

School Library Journal Best of Children's Books 2012
Publishers Weekly Best of Children's Books 2012
Kirkus Reviews Best of Children's Books 2012
Starred Review, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, September 2012:
Readers will sympathize with Georges and Safer as they negotiate various familiar obstacles, but it s the celebration that will leave them exultant.
Starred Review, School Library Journal, September 2012:
The ending twists readers entire perception of the events and creates a brilliant conclusion to an insightful novel.
Starred Review, The Horn Book, September/October, 2012:
Stead s spare and elegant prose, compassionate insight into the lives of young people, wry sense of humor, deft plotting, and ability to present complex ideas in an accessible and intriguing way make this much more than a mystery with a twist.
Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, June 11, 2012:
Chock-full of fascinating characters and intelligent questions, this is as close to perfect as middle-grade novels come.
Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, June 1, 2012:

A big-hearted, delightfully quirky tale . Georges resolves his various issues in a way that s both ingenious and organic to the story .Original and winning