Mrs. Smith's Spy School For Girls is a Children's Spy novel by Beth McMullen.
Abigail Hunter is a girl who's been all over the world with her mother, Jennifer Hunter, thanks to her job. After finally settling down in Sweetbriar, Montessori, Abigail finds out that next year, she'll be going to the Smith School for Children, which kind of puts a damper on her plans.
When she gets there, one of the first things she's trying to do is get out and go home to Sweetbriar, Montessori. However, she ends up in Mrs. Smith's office, and sees her in a conversation with a mysterious man.
Abigail soon discovers that the Smith School for Children is no ordinary school. It's also a front for training a select few in the art of spying and espionage. And not only that, but Abigail's mom was one of the best they had. However, after dropping Abigail off at the school, her mom seems to have gone off the grid, probably looking to get her Arch-Nemesis, The Ghost.
Feeling they need to find her, Mrs. Smith decides to train Abigail in being a spy, and then send her out into the field to flush her out.
The book was published on July 4th, 2017. The book also has two sequels, Mrs. Smith's Spy School For Girls: Power Play and Mrs. Smith's Spy School For Girls: Double Cross.
Mrs. Smith's Spy School For Girls contains examples of:
- All Love Is Unrequited: Abigail has a crush on Quinn, but Quinn has a crush on Charlotte, who has a crush on a kid named Xavier, who Abigail says doesn't even know she exists.
- The Bait: Mrs. Smith's big plan to get Jennifer to show herself is basically to drop Abigail in random places and hope she comes to her.
- Bedsheet Ladder: Abigail makes use of this a couple times.
- Beneath Suspicion: Mrs. Smith states this as the reason why the Center employs child spies.Mrs. Smith: Children can go practically anywhere without arousing suspicion. This is the cornerstone of our operation.
- Bookcase Passage: There's a secret door in Mrs. Smith's office behind her fireplace. It can be opened by pressing a fireplace brick.
- Character Narrator: The book is narrated by Abigail.
- The Ghost: A criminal Jennifer has been looking for for decades is known as "The Ghost". No one knows what the ghost looks like.
- Living Legend: Jennifer is considered one of the best spies the Center ever had, and Abigail tends to hear it a lot from other agents.
- Sneaky Departure: Abigail pulls this off a few times in the book. The first two times are attempts to escape from the Smith School for Children, and the third is to escape from Suzie and Tom.
- Tracking Device: Bronwyn aka, Suzie and Tom give Abigail one, and slip another in her bag when she tries to get away from them.
