Harriet the Spy

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Summary: my cover's been through better times, pages are dogeared...
Review: So?

Since my first meeting of Harriet M. Welsch, future writer, present sixth grade spy, at eight, I don't think I've read a better book. Of course, this is no "War and Peace", no classic novel, but in my view, it was (and still is) one of the finest books out there for kids and adults, too. I've read it more than I can count since that first day, and even though my cover's been through too much and pages show the time's gone quickly since I picked up the once-shiny cover... I don't mind. It's just a part of my life. Make it yours!

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Summary: Harriet and the Night-Time Sky
Review: When I was ten years old, my teacher was Mrs Stanley.

Mrs Stanley (like all great teachers) refused to teach us what she was told to teach us. Instead she taught us what she felt we ought to know. One of the things she felt we ought to know was "Harriet the Spy."

Harriet the Spy is Harriet M. Welsh, a little girl who keeps a notebook in which she writes thoughts and observations about her friends and the people around her. She also has a spy route made up of six or seven houses she passes on the way to and from school each day. She writes about the houses on her spy route in the notebook each day also.

As a kid, you can understand the desire to peer in windows and you can share Harriet's frustration with grown-ups, what they say, what they don't say, all that. As a kid, you share the sense of isolation visited upon Harriet when her notebook falls out of her bag and is read by all the people in her class. You also share the good times and the laughs, of which there are many, with her. When you are a kid, you read "Harriet the Spy" and it's the story of a little girl whose world falls apart for a little while and then appears to be on the mend.

Years later, I read the book again (sort of glimpsed through half-closed eyes, thinking: this will not be as good as I remembered). You know what? It is every bit as good reading the book as a (so-called) adult as it was reading the book as a kid. Since then I get through "Harriet the Spy" at least once a year. It has become a kind of tradition with me. My little girl is even named after her.

"Harriet the Spy" is a golden classic. There are not many books like this. The five star rule goes out of the window. Other books you can measure with stars. Harriet the Spy is like the night-time sky. There are too many stars to count.

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Summary: The time has come, the Walrus said...
Review: I first read an excerpt of Lewis Carroll's poem in this delightful book. This is one of those books that I remember well. Having always read voraciously, I would greedily "eat up" any book that came across my path. Unfortunately, the quantity of what I read as a child has vastly overshadowed the quality of the material. A lot of kid's books are pure are not very good. I don't remember all of the books that I read, but I remember THIS one. I got a lot of pleasure from reading this book over and over again from the age of about 8 on up. It is my happy privilege to be able to allow my 8 year old daughter to experience the same feeling as she discovers dumbwaiters, notebooks, and friends. I hope she likes it!

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Summary: A fun read for all ages
Review: "Harriet The Spy" is my favorite book, and if you read it it will probably become yours, too. Harriet has three true loves in life; her two best friends, spying and writing, and her nanny, Gully. When Gully leaves, everything starts to fall apart from there. Her friends having abandoned her and having been forbidden to spy or write, what does Harriet have left for her? You will find out in this great novel that will keep you flipping through the pages for hours, ending with the message that everything turns out okay in the end.

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Summary: Great Book
Review: This was a great book!!! It is good for kids that need harder books to challenge them but still want the book to be interesting. Here is a quick summary to the book.
Harriet is a spy and she writes down evrything about everyone she sees down in her notebook, even about her friends. Sometimes she writes horrible stuff, so as you can see when Harriet's notebook ends up in the wrong hands and her friends read the always truthful truth you can see how Harriet is feeling. Read this book to see if Harriet can put her life back together. I think this is a good book because kids can relate to how Harriet is feeling when her friends gang up on her. It can even sometimes help them with their own problems, if any. Now stop reading the words on this screen, get reading the words in the book!!!

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Summary: Good Spies Are Never Supposed to be Caught
Review: Harriet M. Welsh has always wanted to be a spy. She writes everything she knows about everyone in her notebook. One day one of her classmates finds Harriet's notebook and reads it out loud. Everyone is upset that she wrote blunt yet mean things about them, and nobody will talk to her or sit near her at lunch or in class. When her beloved nurse moves out, Harriet, who normally is a perfect student, starts doing mean things to her classmates. When she apologizes people eventually accept her. Louise Fitzhugh adds funny characters, great ideas, and real things you can relate to, making Harriet the Spy a great book that should not be missed.

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Summary: Harriet The Spy
Review: Harriet The Spy I think is a fabulous book to read. The story is about a little girl named Harriet who acts like a real spy. She sneaks into other pepoles houses.She also litens to other pepoles confersations. You'll be suprised on what she pulls together.I think that anyone with an imagination would love this book.So,if you have an imagenation I think you need to read this book.

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Summary: "Harriet the Spy" is an adolscent must read!
Review: Harriet M. Welsch, current spy and future world-famous author, is in trouble. Her secret spy notebook has been read by her classmates and now they all hate her, even her best friends, Sport and Janie. Her beloved nanny, Ole Golly, has moved away. Harriet is alone. Not even her daily spy route can help her to escape the reality of the situation because she has been caught--the worst thing that can ever happen to a spy. What is she going to do?

Before, life was good for Harriet. She ate a tomato sandwich every day for lunch. Ole Golly was there to talk to and to freely share advice. She played Town with Sport and helped Janie with her bizarre science experiements. Even awful Marion Hawthorne and her sidekick, Beth Ellen Hansen, were managable. But as soon as her notebook got found and read by her classmates, Harriet's world was turned upside-down. "They are out to get me," Harriet wrote in her notebook. "The whole room is filled with mean eyes. I won't get through the day. I might throw up my tomato sandwich. ...They may think I am a weakling but a spy is trained for this kind of fight. I am ready for them."

And so Harriet M. Welsch, undefeatable spy, sets out to seek justice, and, if necessary, revenge.

This is a delightful and entertaining story to read. Harriet's notebook excerps are hilarious and help to demonstrate the confusing world of a maturing adolescent. Although the odds are against her, Harriet doesn't let it keep her down.

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Summary: Book makes writers of us all
Review: Harriet the Spy totally helped to increase my intrest and love of writing in a journal. I now have my own hiding place and like to spy on people. I have many jounrnals and cherrish all of them. I love this book and there will always be room for HARRIET THE SPY on my bookshelf.

SOME TIME THE HARDEST THING IN LIFE IS MAKINGUP WITH FRIENDS.

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Summary: changed my life
Review: This book changed my life, before i read it i wanted to be a artist. Now i want to be a writer. Harriet is the perfect role model for young girls who want to be writers when they grow up. After i read it i started to keep a notebook too and spy. When i finished the book i cried, i wanted it to go on and on. For some people they dont bother with this book but it is worth a try because it gave me a whole new perspective on life. i am re-reading it over and over and i know i will continue to cherish it.Everyday i try to be like harriet. I have even decided that when i become a writer i will have harriet as my pen name.Like i said, it has changed my life.