In the world of children''s literature, Louise Fitzhugh''s Harriet the Spy and The Long Secret are widely recognized as epoch-making. They have been received by young readers, year after year, with excitement and love. Nobody''s Family is Going to Change—the story of an African American family in New York in the 1970s—shares the vigorous sense of comedy and unflinching fidelity to the real world that has made Fitzhugh''s other books into classics.

In the world of children''s literature, Louise Fitzhugh''s Harriet the Spy and The Long Secret are widely recognized as epoch-making. They have been received by young readers, year after year, with excitement and love. Nobody''s Family is Going to Change—the story of an African American family in New York in the 1970s—shares the vigorous sense of comedy and unflinching fidelity to the real world that has made Fitzhugh''s other books into classics.

In the world of children''s literature, Louise Fitzhugh''s Harriet the Spy and The Long Secret are widely recognized as epoch-making. They have been received by young readers, year after year, with excitement and love. Nobody''s Family is Going to Change—the story of an African American family in New York in the 1970s—shares the vigorous sense of comedy and unflinching fidelity to the real world that has made Fitzhugh''s other books into classics.