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Spies and Secrets

The Diamond Brothers Mysteries by Anthony Horowitz

In The Falcon’s Malteser, thirteen-year-old Nick scampers to solve the mystery while also trying to stay one step ahead of an assortment of thugs, after his older brother, a fledgling private detective, agrees to safeguard a package for a dwarf who does not live long. Other Diamond Brothers mysteries include: Public Enemy Number Two and Three of Diamonds.

The Artemis Fowl books by Eoin Colfer

In the first Artemis Fowl book, a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold. But the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.

Spy High Series by A.J. Butcher

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.

The Maze by Will Hobbs

Rick, a fourteen-year-old foster child, escapes from a juvenile detention facility near Las Vegas and travels to Canyonlands National Park in Utah where he meets a bird biologist working on a project to reintroduce condors to the wild. All goes well until two mysterious men appear who will do anything to stop the condor project, even kill.

Spy X books by Peter Lerangis

Andrew and Evie’s mom, a spy working for a secret organization, disappears. Just when they were beginning to lose hope of ever seeing her again, they received a package from her, full of cryptic messages, sending them on a dangerous mission as they struggle to find out whom to trust.

On the Run series by Gordon Korman

Aidan and Meg Falconer are their parents' only hope. The Falconers are facing life in prison -- unless Aidan and Meg can follow a trail of clues to prove their innocence.

Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson

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 must use their brains and their combat skills to get her back.

Spy Force by Deborah Abela

Meet Max Remy, Superspy! When a top-secret e-mail invites Max to Spy Force Headquarters, she thinks someone is playing a joke on her. But it's no joke! Max and her friend Linden are flown by invisible jet to Spy Force Headquarters to meet the world's top spies, and soon they are working as Spy Force undercover agents at a candy factory in a life-threatening struggle against the evil mastermind Mr. Blue. Could this be the end of Max Remy, Superspy?

Science Fair by Dave Barry

The president of Kprshtskan is plotting to infiltrate the science fair at Hubble Middle School in Maryland in order to take over the United States government, but when Toby Harbinger, an ordinary student, makes up his mind finally to win the fair, the terrorists' plans go awry.

Spice Mice: The Black Paw by Heather Vogel Frederick

In the basement of Washington's International Spy Museum are the headquarters of the Spy Mice Agency. In this first adventure, Morning Glory, a brave and intelligent spy mouse joins forces with Oz, a human boy, to outwit the dastardly Roquefort Dupont, commander-in-chief of the rat underworld. Oz helps the mice to rescue Glory when she is kidnapped by Dupont and together they foil his plans to rid the city of mice forever. In return Glory helps Oz in his battle against the school bullies. Fast action, great gadgets and engaging characters, both rodent and human.

The Young Bond Series by Charlie Higson

Meet James Bond, 007 when he's just started boarding school in England and is about to become involved in his first adventure.

Shredderman Series by Wendelin Van Draanen

Fifth-grader Nolan Byrd has suffered at the hands of school bully Bubba Bixby for too long. Inspired by a class project, Nolan (a.k.a "Byrd-the-Nerd") creates a "cyber-superhero" alter ego called Shredderman, and sets out to avenge himself and his fellow Bubba-sufferers. Our likeable but nerdly and put-upon protagonist spots his shot at redemption when Mr. Green (Nolan's pony-tailed teacher, a.k.a. "the Happy Hippie") assigns the class's monthly project: Students must create a newspaper page, complete with stories and photos, on a topic of their choice. In a flash, Nolan realizes he has the perfect subject: "I had an idea that would make Bubba Bixby sorry he'd ever called us names. Or swiped our stuff. Or breathed his trashy breath down our throats. I’d do my report on Bubba Bixby!" Shortly thereafter Shredderman is born, and Nolan springs into action, armed with a computer, a cleverly concealed digital camera, and his own top-secret Web page, , "where truth and justice prevail!"

I’d Tell Love I You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You by Ally Carter

Cammie Morgan is a student at the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, a fairly typical all-girls school—that is, if every school taught advanced martial arts in PE and the latest in chemical warfare in science, and students received extra credit for breaking CIA codes in computer class.  The Gallagher Academy might claim to be a school for geniuses but it’s really a school for spies. 

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