Spying on Miss Muller is a mystery about a girl named Jessie that goes to a boarding school in Belfast. Her German teacher, Miss Muller, climbs the stairs to an off limits place, and Jessie was spying on her. Readers think that Miss Muller was a Nazi agent. Later on that night, an air raid comes to Belfast and hits their school. Jessie tries to prove Miss Muller's innocence. Jessie's friends, Ada and Maureen, try to prove that Miss Muller is guilty. I would agree with Ada and Maureen because Miss Muller acts very suspicious. Jessie finds out that her favorite cousin, Bryan has been captured from the Nazis. Another night, Miss Muller goes upstairs again and Jessie and her friends follow her. They find her in a room with another teacher. Miss Muller was not a spy after all. She was talking to the other teacher because they were in love. She was innocent. But in the end, Miss Muller gets fired and Ada leaves boarding school because of the danger.
I really just did not enjoy this book. Maybe it was because it differed from how I interpretted the summary. It says Jesse goes snooping to prove Miss Muller's innocence, but she was just as judgemental as the rest of the students. And how she said stuff like, "I would feel sorry for her if she weren't a Nazi," that just grated on my nerves. I feel sorry for Miss Muller. Having lost her job and love because of some nosy little brats who have no respect for their superiors. And what Jesse said at the end about how she imagined Miss Muller forgiving and understanding, that they never really hated her? No one turns their back on someone that they don't hate. The only reason I read to the end was to find out if anything happened with Lizzie Mag.Sorry if you don't feel the same. Maybe I'm just too young to understand. But from where I come from, that's pure, concentrated hate, and we don't tolerate disrespect, especially to our elders.
What do You think about Spying On Miss Muller (1996)?
Most of the boarders at the Alveara school had fathers, brothers, uncles serving in the army or the Royal Air Force. My faviorite cousin, Bryan, was in the army fighting Germans somewhere in France. Bryan was like a brother to me, since i didnt have a brother, or a sister either. Now he was in danger, and here we were with Miss Muller, a half German, the dorm mistress in our dormitory. "We;re contaminated," Ada Sinclair said. Secretly I didnt think we were contaminated. I still liked Miss Muller. But I was Carful not to defend her too much. Itwas awful to be called Jessie the German lover, and thats what Mean Jean ROss had called me at break last Friday. I copied this at the back of the book
—kimia
I thought this book was okay. This book was hard for me to get into and it was very slow. It was hard for me to finish, because it wasn't interesting. I recomend this novel to anyone who likes historical fiction.The story started before World War II began. Jessie and her friends at Alveara boarding school in Belfast liked their German teacher, Miss Muller. After Jessie sees the teacher climbing to the roof at night, she and the others wonder if Miss Muller is a secret agent. Hoping to prove her teacher's innocence, Jessie agrees to help spy on her. This novel was well written, but not for me.
—Hailey
