
The Real Spy's Guide to Becoming
Abrams (Publisher)
Published on 1. October 2009
Book
Hardback
144 pages
978-0-8109-8329-8 (ISBN)
Description
Created by the founding executive director of the International Spy Museum, who is also a former operative in the CIA's Clandestine Service, this is the official handbook for kids who dream of one day becoming a spy or working in the intelligence field. Have you ever wondered what spies really do. What kind of training is involved? Do you have to go to a special school or take a polygraph test? How do you live your "cover"? How does your work life affect your relationships with your friends and family? Is there danger involved? This fascinating, fact-filled book answers these questions and more while providing a historical timeline, definitions of key terms, suggestions for further reading, an index, quizzes, and exercises to see if you have the right spy stuff. F&P level: V
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 8 to 12 years
Dimensions
Height: 248 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
630 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8109-8329-8 (9780810983298)
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Persons
Peter Earnest is a former CIA Operations Officer and the founding executive director of the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC. Suzanne Harper is a novelist and nonfiction writer and the author of The Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney. She lives in NY.