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If you are not a spy, saboteur, or traitor and you can keep a secret, fictional fifth-grader Rachel Dalton will let you read her book. In the fall of 1941, an action-packed radio program called “Captain Midnight” is Rachel’s favorite on the air. Like kids all over America, Rachel becomes a member of Captain Midnight’s Secret Squadron. With her official Code-O-Graph badge, she decodes secret messages from Captain Midnight about threats to America’s security. Soon she is convinced that there are traitors and spies in her hometown of Apache, Oklahoma. Resourceful, imaginative, smart, and dedicated, she sets out to unmask them in a humor-filled adventure.
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Winner of the
Oklahoma Book Award
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A note from Molly:
Stephen Kallis wrote RADIO'S
CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT, which I used extensively in writing my World War II books. Here is a link to his publisher if you would like more information on this subject:
http://www.mcfarlandpub.com
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“Molly Levite Griffis moved herself back to the 1940s and to the pre-teen years with such ease that she is able
to carry us all along. There’s much to learn in this book about America and the patriotic spirit that is resurfacing today, but it’s so much fun we don’t realize this is educational.”
--Ann DeFrange, The Daily Oklahoman
“Children will love it. Adults will cherish it.”
--Oklahoma City Tribune
“...older readers will be interested in Griffis’ unique ability to capture the reaction of a typical small
town’s population when the Second World War came to the United States.”
--The Norman Transcript
“...heartwarming young adult book...from a student of Foster Harris, University of Oklahoma professional
writing professor.”
--The Tulsa World
“In her imaginative, humor-filled adventure, Ms. Griffis not only entertains but also educates...the American
Legion ‘hut’ is used as a central meeting place...the patriotism comes through.”
--The National News of the American Legion Auxiliary
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Hey, kids,
Wanted to share with you what I thought was one of the funniest things that
happened to me last year when I was doing school visits.
The librarian at North Park Elementary School in Guymon, Oklahoma, surprised me by filling the halls of the school with the most wonderful full-sized soft sculptures of the characters in my books as well as one of me! I have told those of you I visited that the girl on the cover of THE RACHEL RESISTANCE is my real life daughter, Ginger, who is a red head. Well, when Ginger went shopping for my Mother's Day card, what did she find but the card you see here which had the very same girl on it as the one done of Rachel, even down to the dress with the stripe on the sleeves!
Every time I look at them, I laugh, and I thought you would, too!
Mrs. Molly, the arthur (I often get asked, "Are you the arthur??")
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