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Stormbreaker
graphic novel
Based on the original novel Stormbreaker. |
Point
Blank graphic novel
Alex Rider, teenage superspy, infiltrates the
mysterious Point Blanc Academy, armed with only a false ID and a set
of disguised gadgets. Can he alert the world to what he finds out
before it's too late? |
A.J.
Butcher
Spy High
series
As students at a
special high school that trains them to be secret agents, six
teenagers struggle to complete the training exercises as a team
before being sent out into the field to sink or swim.
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Ally
Carter
Gallagher Girls series
As a sophomore at
a secret spy school and the daughter of a former CIA operative,
Cammie is sheltered from "normal teenage life" until she meets a
local boy while on a class surveillance mission.
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Stephen
Cole
Thieves Like Us
A mysterious
benefactor hand-picks a group of teen geniuses to follow a set of
clues leading to the secrets of everlasting life, secrets which they
must steal and for which they risk being killed.
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Cory
Doctorow
Little Brother
After being
interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the
aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco, California,
seventeen-year-old Marcus, released into what is now a police state,
decides to use his expertise in computer hacking to set things
right. |
John
Feinstein
Last Shot: a Final Four Mystery
After winning a
basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan Carol
are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover
that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final
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Further
reading:
Vanishing Act: Mystery at the U.S. Open |
Carl
Hiassen
Flush
With their father
jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger
sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of this floating
casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around
their Florida Keys home.
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Charlie
Higson
Young Bond series
This prequel to
the adventures of James Bond, 007, introduces us to the young James
when he's just started boarding school in England and is about to
become involved in his first adventure. |
John
Marsden
Tomorrow When the War Began
Seven Australian
teenagers return from a camping trip in the bush to discover that
their country has been invaded and they must hide to stay alive.
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Robert
Muchamore
CHERUB series
When James is
recently orphaned, he is recruited by a secret agency for his math
skills and must undergo one hundred days of grueling training. |
James
Patterson
Maximum Ride series
After the mutant
Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the "birdkids,"
who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit
and find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and
purpose. |
Michael
Simmons
Finding Lubchenko
When his father is
framed for murder and bioterrorism, high-school junior Evan, using
clues from a stolen laptop, travels from Seattle to Paris with two
friends to find the real culprit.
Further reading:
The Rise of Lubchenko |
Roland
Smith
I, Q series
Teenagers Q
(Quest) and Angela go on tour with married rockers Blaze and Roger
and, while in Philadelphia, become submerged in a world of danger
when they discover the identity of Angela's real mother, who is a
former Secret Service agent. |
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