by Rebecca Stead
What a great story! Georges and his parents have to move from their large house to an apartment after dad loses his highly paid job. Mum works as a nurse in the local hospital and takes on extra shifts to make ends meet. Georges only manages to communicate with his mum through messages left via Scrabble letter pieces. He makes friends with Softer, a boy in the apartment above, who gets him to join his spy club. He is spying on one of their neighbours, 'Mr X', who Softer is convinced is a murderer. Together they try to find out what Mr X is up to, by watching his comings and goings on the block's video intercom system, and by breaking and entering his flat. However, Georges finds he is mixed up in rather more than a schoolboy spy club, and events at school with the classroom bullies, together with events taking place within his family, all lead him to question friendship, loyalty, truth and love.Rebecca has also written the wonderful When You Reach Me, which was shortlisted for Waterstones Childrens Book Prize 2011.
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