Harriet the Spy
By Louise Fitzhugh
A fiercely curious girl’s secret notebooks nearly cost her friends, but through mistakes and writing, she learns that honesty needs empathy.
Worksheets
Harriet expands her spy route, discovers Ole Golly’s secret romance, and begins questioning how love changes people.
Harriet the aspiring writer spies on people and fills her notebook with blunt observations, guided by her wise nurse Ole Golly.
Class 1
Class 2
After Ole Golly leaves, Harriet feels adrift, struggles with loss, and clashes with classmates over humiliating Christmas play roles.
Class 3
When her classmates discover and read her cruel notes, Harriet is ostracized, lashes out, and becomes consumed by anger and revenge.
Class 4
Harriet spirals further, writing lists of ways to hurt others, disrupting school, tormenting classmates, and even driving her cook to quit.
Class 5
With time away from school and a letter from Ole Golly urging kindness and storytelling, Harriet begins to turn her writing into fiction.
Class 6
Harriet redeems herself by channeling her spying into the class newspaper, learning to balance truth and compassion as she reconciles with Janie and Sport.