A FAKE SEQUEL TO HARRIET THE SPY CALLED HARRIET SPIES AGAIN HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED BY DELACORTE. AVOID IT LIKE THE PLAGUE. IF YOU'RE CURIOUS, YOU CAN READ AN INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR HELEN ERICSON ON BORDERS' WEBSITE. IT'S HARD TO TELL WHETHER IT'S BORDERS OR ERICSON WHO CAN'T SPELL OLE GOLLY'S NAME CORRECTLY. EITHER WAY, YOU GET THE IDEA OF HOW WELL BOTH KNOW THE REAL THING. WATCH FOR THE PURPLE SOCKS REVIEW!
THE NEW EDITION OF SPORT, PUBLISHED IN 2001 BY DELACORTE PRESS, FEATURES A PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED COVER ILLUSTRATION BY LOUISE FITZHUGH. SEE IT HERE. IT'S A GREAT IMPROVEMENT OVER THE 1979 JACKET ILLUSTRATION BY SOME FINK WHO PROBABLY NEVER EVEN READ THE BOOK.
AFTER 36 YEARS WITH HARPER, HARRIET HAS MOVED TO A NEW HOUSE, DELACORTE, WHICH HAS JUST PUBLISHED NEW EDITIONS OF HARRIET THE SPY, THE LONG SECRET, AND SPORT. READ ABOUT IT HERE.
HARRIET THE SPY WAS A UNANIMOUS FIRST-ROUND SELECTION IN 100 BOOKS THAT SHAPED THE CENTURY, COMPILED BY THREE CHILDREN'S LITERATURE EXPERTS FOR SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL.
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