The Spy Who Barked

Adam Sharp #1

by George E. Stanley, Guy Francis (Illustrator)

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Secret spy Adam Sharp's lunchbox laptop has been stolen Adam has to stop Jurgen Slug from taking it into Barkastan, home to the world's meanest dogs

Genres: Childrens

48 pages, Paperback

First published April 9, 2002

About the author

George Edward Stanley was born in Memphis, Texas on July 15, 1942. He received a bachelor's degree in 1965 and a master's degree in 1967 from Texas Tech University. He earned his Doctor Litterarum in African Linguistics in 1974 from the University of Port Elizabeth in South Africa. He lived all over Europe and Africa, studying and teaching foreign languages, working for the U.S. government, and writing books for young people and adults. He started writing fiction while a Fulbright professor in Chad, Central Africa, where about the only diversion he found available was listening to the BBC on his short wave radio. That led to his writing radio plays for a program called World Service Short Story. Three of his plays were eventually produced. After writing and publishing over 200 short stories in American, British, Irish, and South African magazines and linguistics articles in major international journals, he started writing books. He wrote over 100 fiction and non-fiction books for young people including The Katie Lynn Cookie Company series and the Adam Sharp series. He also wrote under the pseudonyms of M. T. Coffin, Franklin W. Dixon, Laura Lee Hope, Carolyn Keene, Adam Mills, and Stuart Symons. He was a professor of African and Middle-Eastern languages and linguistics in the department of foreign languages at Cameron University. He died from a ruptured aneurysm on February 7, 2011 at the age of 68.

Reviews

[Kai Qi Lim · Rating 3 out of 5]

#1: Adam Sharp the Spy Who Barked

Do you like easy stories? Mystery stories? Spy stories? Adventure stories? Well, I do and you can find it 4 in 1 in #1: Adam Sharp the Spy Who Barked
Red Alert! Adam Sharp’s lunchbox has been stolen!!! But Adam is no ordinary kid-he is IM-8’s greatest spy. And his lunchbox is no ordinary lunchbox. Inside it is a computer with the top-secret program DOGBARK. If Adam and agent Tulip Belle can’t get it back, the world definitely will go to the dogs!!!

My favorite part is when Adam ad Tulip tried to barked to find the Ambassador’s room, to find the Ambassador Adam and Tulip knew that he would DOGBARK back to them when they DOGBARK. It was smart for the person who came out with this idea!!!

The main idea of this book is about Adam being a secret agent and about him saving the world.

I really like and think that this is a very good book. I would like to recommend this book to you and recommend this book to the first graders if not it might be a little too easy for second graders and above.

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR???!!! GO TO THE LIBRARY AND BORROW THIS BOOK NOW!!!

Reviewed By: Kai Qi L. and Adele L.

[Amanda · Rating 2 out of 5]

good, quick read (only 40 pages, large text and pictures). perfect for readers leaving picture books and going for chapter books. good for boys

[Laura Renick-Butera · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[P · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short and simple. Nice story. Nothing fancy but a good kids book.

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 7yo really liked this book. So much so that she is making me find the rest of the series since our library doesn't have it. 😔 I love it when kids find things that motivate them to read more! This is a great intro to chapter books. One of the easiest I've seen!

[Terina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bean (7yo) loved the entire series. Read them all and then created dramas with her friends using the characters. Her brother (5yo) enjoyed them also.

[Kristen · Rating 3 out of 5]

A solid choice of early chapter book that has a lot of action and a cool kid spy concept. The plot is a bit weak, but not in a way kids will be bothered about.

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[Karin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved Dr. Stanley, so of course also love his writing. So full of imagination.