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Gr 6 Up—In the early 1900s, as the last surviving child of seven, Dorthea lives in an ancient house in Newfoundland with her alcoholic father and distant, disapproving mother. The arrival of Signor Marconi, a pioneer of wireless telegraphy, piques the curiosity and suspicions of a local newsman, and Dor soon finds herself a spy, undercover in boys' clothes as the plucky Jack Kelly. After her mother suddenly disappears in the middle of the nig...Log In or Sign Up to Read More