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3	''Mrs. Smith's Spy School For Girls: Double Cross'' is a [[ChildrensLiterature Children's]] [[SpyFiction Spy novel]] by Beth [=McMullen=], and the third entry into the ''Literature/MrsSmithsSpySchoolForGirls'' series after ''Literature/MrsSmithsSpySchoolForGirlsPowerPlay''.
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5	After spending the summer on gardening duty as punishment for all the rules they broke [[Literature/MrsSmithsSpySchoolForGirls in their last mission]], [[TheProtagonist Abby]], Izumi, and Charlotte are starting a new school year, on in which Abby hopes to [=FINALLY=] get into the spy program. Only, she also finds out that Mrs. Smith is considering a different student for the program: Poppy Parsons.
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7	Abby knows Poppy, a perfectionist who is always trying her hardest to be best at everything she can, [[SarcasmMode so of course she and Abby are friends]]. However, Abby finds an alternative way to get into Mrs. Smith's good graces so she can enter the spy program another way: The Invitational Interschool Global Problems and Solutions Challenge being held at Briar Academy in Hartford.
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9	Figuring she can show Mrs. Smith her exceptionality by winning the challenge, Abby and her friends end up taking the bus all the way across the state to Briar Academy. The challenge revolves around using their wits and available resources to construct a device meant to solve a problem the world is facing. This year, it's getting drinkable water to people who don't have access to it. The team of Owen Elliot and Poppy Parsons (which Abby dubs Team [=OP=]) is the team to watch this year.
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11	However, Abby soon stumbles on a conspiracy going on at Briar Academy. One involving robot butterflies, a Briar student name Jane Ann, and Abby's mom's [[ArchNemesis old friend]], The Ghost.
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13	The book was published on August 6th, 2019.
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16	!!''Mrs. Smith's Spy School For Girls: Double Cross'' contains examples of:
17	* AlliterativeName: The girl Mrs. Smith is considering for the spy program is named '''P'''oppy '''P'''arsons.
18	* TheConspiracy: Abby finds one going on at Briar Academy. [[spoiler:Jane Ann and the headmaster of Briar Academy are delivering info that the Smith Academy students have to [[BigBad The Ghost]] in exchange for having the Challenge rigged so Briar Academy wins for a decade.]]
19	* CreepyLongFingers: Abby describes [[spoiler:[[BigBad The Ghost's]]]] fingers as very long and thin.
20	* [[spoiler:ElaborateUndergroundBase: [[BigBad The Ghost]] has one located under an old plantation house in Hawaii. It was built into old, empty lava tubes.]]
21	* FearOfThunder: Poppy Parsons, as Abby finds out while [[spoiler:trekking through dense shrubbery in Hawaii, tracking the smart fabric Owen Elliot's wore]]. One boom of thunder happens, and Poppy shrieks and jumps into Abby's arms.
22	* [[spoiler: LiteralSurveillanceBug: Abby starts encountering swarms of robotic butterflies on the Briar campus. Jane Ann had a couple of students build them to spy on the Smith teams.]]
23	* TheNicknamer: Abby. It gets lampshaded that she's always giving people nicknames by their most noticable thing.
24	* ThroatSlittingGesture: Scarf makes one to [[spoiler:the Briar Academy headmaster]] when stating what will happen if [[spoiler:he]] doesn't succeed in [[spoiler:getting him the data he needs]].
25	* TrackingDevice: Poppy developed a smart fabric that tells you if you're too hot, too cold, hungry, or whatever else, and tracks your location. [[spoiler:Abby and Poppy use it to track Owen's location to a derelict plantation house in Hawaii.]]
26	* [[spoiler:WhiteHairBlackHeart: [[BigBad The Ghost]] is described as having white hair.]]

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