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Olivia Sharp: Agent for Secrets: Books 1-4

The Pizza Monster; The Princess of the Fillmore Street School; The Sly Spy; The Green Toenails Gang

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Olivia Sharp, cousin to super sleuth Nate the Great, is a detective too! Rather than solve mysteries like Nate, Olivia helps friends with their problems by detecting what's wrong beneath the surface. You'll be won over by Olivia's spunk, eccentricities, and can-do spirit.

THE PIZZA MONSTER: Meet Olivia Sharp. She's bold. She's eager to help people. She's a special kind of detective. She's an agent for secrets. Duncan is Olivia's first case. He believes that the world is coming to an end. And he wants her help. So Olivia puts on her feather boa. Her driver brings the limo. Soon enough, Olivia knows just what to do. But how will fifty pizzas make Duncan happy?

THE PRINCESS OF FILLMORE STREET SCHOOL: Olivia Sharp is taking on a tough case. Her friend Desiree wants to run the Fillmore Street School. But Desiree is bossy. She wants everyone to stand up straight. And get a haircut. Desiree is driving all the kids crazy! Can Olivia help Desiree be the Princess of the Fillmore Street School--and keep the peace?

THE SLY SPY: Olivia Sharp always comes through to help those in need--especially her friends. But this time Olivia is the one with a problem. Another detective is covering up her ads with those of E.J.'s Spy Service and spoiling Olivia's business. He's also trying to guess what weird feathery birthday present Olivia is hiding in her apartment. Can Olivia fool the sly spy?

THE GREEN TOENAILS GANG: Olivia Sharp is one smart agent for secrets--which means she knows how to read between the lines. Olivia's best friend, Taffy Plimpton, has a problem. Taffy wants to join a secret club, but its members won't let her in. Why not? It's a secret that Olivia is determined to find out!
Born in Portland, Maine, in 1928, Marjorie Weinman Sharmat dreamed of becoming a writer. Little did she know that she would be the author of more than 130 books for children of all ages, which have been translated into 17 languages. Another of her childhood dreams, that of becoming a detective, has also been realized in her most popular Nate the Great series, begun in 1972. Many of Sharmat's books have been Literary Guild selections and chosen as Books of the Year by the Library of Congress. Several have been made into films for television, including Nate the Great Goes Undercover, winner of the Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival Award. Nate the Great Saves the King of Sweden has been named one of the New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing. View titles by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Mitchell Sharmat, a graduate of Harvard University, has written numerous picture books, easy readers, and novels. He is best known for the classic Gregory, the Terrible Eater, a Reading Rainbow Feature Selection and a New York Times Critics’ Pick. In his honor, The Sharmat Collection, displaying the books he has written, was established at the Harvard Graduate School of Education by the Munroe C. Gutman Library. View titles by Mitchell Sharmat

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Olivia Sharp, cousin to super sleuth Nate the Great, is a detective too! Rather than solve mysteries like Nate, Olivia helps friends with their problems by detecting what's wrong beneath the surface. You'll be won over by Olivia's spunk, eccentricities, and can-do spirit.

THE PIZZA MONSTER: Meet Olivia Sharp. She's bold. She's eager to help people. She's a special kind of detective. She's an agent for secrets. Duncan is Olivia's first case. He believes that the world is coming to an end. And he wants her help. So Olivia puts on her feather boa. Her driver brings the limo. Soon enough, Olivia knows just what to do. But how will fifty pizzas make Duncan happy?

THE PRINCESS OF FILLMORE STREET SCHOOL: Olivia Sharp is taking on a tough case. Her friend Desiree wants to run the Fillmore Street School. But Desiree is bossy. She wants everyone to stand up straight. And get a haircut. Desiree is driving all the kids crazy! Can Olivia help Desiree be the Princess of the Fillmore Street School--and keep the peace?

THE SLY SPY: Olivia Sharp always comes through to help those in need--especially her friends. But this time Olivia is the one with a problem. Another detective is covering up her ads with those of E.J.'s Spy Service and spoiling Olivia's business. He's also trying to guess what weird feathery birthday present Olivia is hiding in her apartment. Can Olivia fool the sly spy?

THE GREEN TOENAILS GANG: Olivia Sharp is one smart agent for secrets--which means she knows how to read between the lines. Olivia's best friend, Taffy Plimpton, has a problem. Taffy wants to join a secret club, but its members won't let her in. Why not? It's a secret that Olivia is determined to find out!

Author

Born in Portland, Maine, in 1928, Marjorie Weinman Sharmat dreamed of becoming a writer. Little did she know that she would be the author of more than 130 books for children of all ages, which have been translated into 17 languages. Another of her childhood dreams, that of becoming a detective, has also been realized in her most popular Nate the Great series, begun in 1972. Many of Sharmat's books have been Literary Guild selections and chosen as Books of the Year by the Library of Congress. Several have been made into films for television, including Nate the Great Goes Undercover, winner of the Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival Award. Nate the Great Saves the King of Sweden has been named one of the New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing. View titles by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Mitchell Sharmat, a graduate of Harvard University, has written numerous picture books, easy readers, and novels. He is best known for the classic Gregory, the Terrible Eater, a Reading Rainbow Feature Selection and a New York Times Critics’ Pick. In his honor, The Sharmat Collection, displaying the books he has written, was established at the Harvard Graduate School of Education by the Munroe C. Gutman Library. View titles by Mitchell Sharmat

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