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Olivia Sharp, Agent for Secrets #1
The Pizza Monster
“I, Nate the Great, have something to say. My cousin Olivia Sharp is almost (but not quite) the world’s best detective. I solve mysteries. She’s an agent for secrets. You won’t forget Olivia. She won’t let you.”
Olivia sharp is back! Rather than solve mysteries like her cousin 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.
Olivia sharp is back! Rather than solve mysteries like her cousin 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.
80 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1989
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About the author
Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
249 books116 followersMarjorie Weinman Sharmat was an American children's writer. She wrote more than 130 books for children and teens and her books have been translated into several languages. They have won awards including Book of the Year by the Library of Congress or have become selections by the Literary Guild.
Perhaps Sharmat's most popular work features the child detective Nate the Great. He was inspired by and named after her father, who lived to see the first Nate book published. One story, Nate the Great Goes Undercover, was adapted as a made-for-TV movie that won the Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival Award. Sharmat's husband Mitchell Sharmat expanded Nate's storyline by creating Olivia Sharp, his cousin and fellow detective. Husband and wife wrote four Olivia Sharp books published 1989 to 1991. During the 1990s, their son Craig Sharmat (then in his thirties) wrote three Nate books with his mother. In the late 2010s, their other son Andrew Sharmat co-wrote the last two Nate books written while Marjorie Weinman Sharmat was alive. With Marjorie Weinman Sharmat's passing in 2019 Andrew has continued writing the series with Nate the Great and the Earth Day Robot (2021).
In the mid-1980s Sharmat wrote three books published in 1984 and 1985 under the pseudonym Wendy Andrews.
Sharmat also wrote the Sorority Sisters series, eight short novels published in 1986 and 1987. They are romantic fiction with a sense of humor. They are set in a California public high school (day school for ages 14 to 18, approximately).
Perhaps Sharmat's most popular work features the child detective Nate the Great. He was inspired by and named after her father, who lived to see the first Nate book published. One story, Nate the Great Goes Undercover, was adapted as a made-for-TV movie that won the Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival Award. Sharmat's husband Mitchell Sharmat expanded Nate's storyline by creating Olivia Sharp, his cousin and fellow detective. Husband and wife wrote four Olivia Sharp books published 1989 to 1991. During the 1990s, their son Craig Sharmat (then in his thirties) wrote three Nate books with his mother. In the late 2010s, their other son Andrew Sharmat co-wrote the last two Nate books written while Marjorie Weinman Sharmat was alive. With Marjorie Weinman Sharmat's passing in 2019 Andrew has continued writing the series with Nate the Great and the Earth Day Robot (2021).
In the mid-1980s Sharmat wrote three books published in 1984 and 1985 under the pseudonym Wendy Andrews.
Sharmat also wrote the Sorority Sisters series, eight short novels published in 1986 and 1987. They are romantic fiction with a sense of humor. They are set in a California public high school (day school for ages 14 to 18, approximately).
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April 1, 2017
I'm not native, but I can read it easily. It's a simple and cute story so I enjoy reading it.
October 24, 2017
I did not like this book because I don't really like pizza anymore. I also did not like this book because I do not like boring calls from other people.
May 27, 2022
Olivia Sharp is Nate the Great's cousin and like him, she loves solving mysteries. She even has an entire room in her house dedicated to working on her cases and having hotline phones for clients who need help. Her first client, Duncan, has lost his best friend. Can Olivia help him?
I enjoyed Olivia's process in solving this "mystery" and the lessons she learns through the mistakes she makes. I also liked how the mystery was really about friendship and relating to people.
I enjoyed Olivia's process in solving this "mystery" and the lessons she learns through the mistakes she makes. I also liked how the mystery was really about friendship and relating to people.
January 7, 2023
Clever and creative, and funny. "Sometimes being rich helps. Sometimes it doesn't." I like that there's a distinction made between being a detective, an agent for secrets, and a spy. I like that nothing is ever as easy as it seems at first, but Olivia persists.
Best if read in order, but not necessary. I wish there were more.
(same review for each)
Best if read in order, but not necessary. I wish there were more.
(same review for each)
May 11, 2018
Not a lot of depth of plot at all. Pretty unrealistic that she has a ton of money and could do whatever she wants...
July 9, 2022
Silly and fun…
January 7, 2012
Our girls (especially our youngest) love the Nate the Great books by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat. And we enjoyed the somewhat bizarre tales when he interacts with his cousin, Olivia, like Nate the Great Talks Turkey and Nate the Great, San Francisco Detective, and Nate the Great on the Owl Express. So we thought we'd check out this series, too.
Overall, I liked this story better than The Princess of the Fillmore Street School, but I still wasn't terribly impressed with it. I thought it was nice that she helped a young boy discover a sense of humor. Our girls liked it, and as we're almost to the end of the Nate the Great books, I was glad there was another series with a (tenuous) connection to Nate. I still get annoyed that Olivia is as rich as Eloise, but older and with more cash at her disposal. We've finished the four book series now and although our girls liked these stories, I'm glad there are only four in the series.
Overall, I liked this story better than The Princess of the Fillmore Street School, but I still wasn't terribly impressed with it. I thought it was nice that she helped a young boy discover a sense of humor. Our girls liked it, and as we're almost to the end of the Nate the Great books, I was glad there was another series with a (tenuous) connection to Nate. I still get annoyed that Olivia is as rich as Eloise, but older and with more cash at her disposal. We've finished the four book series now and although our girls liked these stories, I'm glad there are only four in the series.
September 25, 2010
An engaging picture book for beginning readers. Mystery component gets them hooked and opens a series of future titles to read. Olivia and Duncan offer great characters for a study in characterization.
April 2, 2008
Boys and girls are different. Girls don't think it's endearing to tell them their food looks disgusting. Boys don't understand why girls have a problem with that.
February 16, 2016
I love this series!!!!!!! Olivia Sharp is the best!!!
October 23, 2016
I liked this book because it was a mystery of trying to help somebody get back his friend. I also liked this book because all the ideas she tried out was about pizza.
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