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The general (CHERUB. #10.)
By Robert Muchamore. 2008
The world's largest urban warfare training compound stands in the desert near Las Vegas. Forty British commandos are being hunted…
by an entire American battalion. But their commander has an ace up his sleeve: he plans to smuggle in ten CHERUB agents, and fight the best war game ever. Includes violence and strong language. Junior high readers. 2008.The fall (CHERUB ; #7)
By Robert Muchamore. 2007
When an MI5 operation goes disastrously wrong, James Adams needs all of his skills to get out of Russia alive.…
Meanwhile, his sister Lauren is on her first solo mission, trying to uncover a brutal human trafficking operation. And when James does get home, he finds that his nightmare is just beginning! For Junior High readers. Sequel to "Man vs beast" (DC38144). Followed by "Mad dogs". 2007. (CHERUB ; 7)The Cassandra virus
By K. V Johansen. 2006
Jordan shadows his sister, Cassie, a graduate student studying computer engineering. First the bored computer geek designs a program that…
develops a mind of its own, then Jordan uses Cassie's computer parts to create a robot that responds to voice and visual commands. When a self-serving university administrator wants to use it for sinister purposes, danger ensues as men trash Cassie's lab and, finding nothing, set out for Jordan's house. Grades 5-8. Some descriptions of violence. 2006.Stormbreaker (Alex Rider adventure. #1.)
By Anthony Horowitz. 2000
When his guardian dies in suspicious circumstances, Alex Rider goes from schoolboy to superspy within days as his world is…
turned upside down. Forcibly recruited into MI6, Alex has to take part in gruelling SAS training. Then, armed with his own special set of secret gadgets, he's off on his first mission. For Junior High readers. Followed by "Point blank" (DC26006). 2000. (Alex Rider adventure ; 1)Snakehead (Alex Rider adventure. #7.)
By Anthony Horowitz. 2008
Alone in Sydney, Alex Rider is recruited by the Australian government to infiltrate an organized people-smuggling ring: the criminal underworld…
of Snakeheads. Working undercover as a refugee he moves to Bangkok, where he meets someone he can trust - a fellow agent and true friend: or is there any such thing in the poisonous world of espionage? Sequel to "Ark angel" (DC35952). For junior high readers. 2008. (Alex Rider adventure ; 7)Skeleton Key (Alex Rider adventure. #3.)
By Anthony Horowitz. 2002
Teenage superspy Alex Rider travels from a reconnaissance mission at Wimbledon Tennis Championships to an investigation on Cayo Esqueleto, Cuba.…
He begins to make chilling links between several deaths, an illegal nuclear weapons deal and General Sarov's plans for the future of the world. Some strong language. Sequel to "Point blank" (DC26006), followed by "Eagle strike" (DC29161). For junior high readers. 2002. (Alex Rider adventure ; 3)SilverFin: a James Bond adventure (Young Bond. #1.)
By Ian Fleming, Charles Higson. 2005
The dark waters around a remote Scottish castle hold a sinister secret. One man with a thirst for power will…
use it - whatever the cost. SilverFin is dangerous, SilverFin is the future and SilverFin must be destroyed. Young James Bond, on holiday from Eton and living with his aunt and uncle, finds himself embroiled in his first big adventure. Grades 5-8 and older readers. 2005.Scorpia rising (Alex Rider adventure. #9.)
By Anthony Horowitz. 2011
When the world's deadliest terrorist organization, Scorpia, stirs up trouble in the Middle East, it is up to fourteen-year-old MI6…
agent Alex Rider to thwart their plans. Sequel to “Crocodile Tears”. Junior High. 2011.Scorpia (Alex Rider adventure. #5.)
By Anthony Horowitz. 2004
Still reeling from the discovery he made about his father, teenage M16 superspy Alex Rider is determined to find out…
more. He travels to Italy where he manages to infiltrate the world of the beautiful Claudia Rothman - a member of the crime organization, Scorpia. Sequel to "Eagle strike" (DC29161), followed by "Ark angel" (DC35952). For junior high readers. 2004. (Alex Rider adventure ; 5)Rebel on a rock
By Nina Bawden. 1978
A brother and sister visiting a country ruled by a dictator become involved in a startling conspiracy and begin to…
suspect that their stepfather is a spy. For junior and senior high readers. 1978.Point blank (Alex Rider adventure. #2)
By Anthony Horowitz. 2001
Fourteen-year-old Alex Rider's espionage work for British MI6 takes him to the French Alps. On his mission there to investigate…
an exclusive boarding school for delinquent sons of wealthy parents, Alex discovers brainwashed clones and evil headmaster Dr. Grief. Some descriptions of violence. For junior high readers. Sequel to "Stormbreaker" (DC30553), followed by "Skeleton key" (DC29162). 2003, c2001. (Alex Rider adventure ; 2)Maximum security (CHERUB ; #3)
By Robert Muchamore. 2005
The CIA have been hunting Jane Oxford, an international weapons dealer, for thirty years. Her only weak point is her…
son, Curtis. It's a job for CHERUB. CHERUB kids are highly trained professionals. Their essential advantage: a criminal never suspects that a kid could be spying on him. Grades 5-8. Some strong language. Sequel to "Class A" (DC37548). Followed by "The killing" (DC37550). 2005. (CHERUB ; 3)Live and let shop (Spy goddess. #1.)
By Michael P Spradlin. 2005
Beverly Hills teenager Rachel Buchanan gets in trouble with the law and winds up at mysterious Blackthorn Academy in Pennsylvania,…
where she uncovers secrets about the school and becomes entangled in a case of international espionage. Some descriptions of violence. 2006 Edgar Awards finalist. For junior high readers. 2005. (Spy goddess ; 1)Man vs beast (CHERUB ; #6)
By Robert Muchamore. 2006
Every day thousands of animals die in laboratory experiments. Some say these experiments provide essential scientific knowledge, while others will…
do anything to prevent them. James and Lauren Adams are stuck in the middle. They're CHERUB agents. Trained professionals with one essential advantage: adults never suspect that children are spying on them. Grades 5-8. Sequel to "Divine madness" (DC38143). Followed by "The fall" (DC37549). 2006. (CHERUB ; 6)It wasn't always like this
By Joy Preble. 2016
In love and possessing eternal youth, after sampling an experimental polio vaccine in 1916, seventeen-year-olds Emma and Charlie have the…
perfect life until Charlie disappears and Emma is hunted through the years by the Church of Light, a group of religious fanatics. For senior high readers. 2016.Fool's Gold (Camp X ; #3)
By Eric Walters. 2006
It's been months since brothers Jack and George's adventure in Camp 30, where they'd been sent to spy on the…
high-ranking German prisoners of war. Now they're hoping that life will return to normal, but they're proved terribly wrong when their mother is kidnapped by three thugs who seem to know all about the boys' pasts. Before they know it they're on a terrifying new adventure back to Camp X to unearth a buried stash of gold, without which they'll never see their mother again. Sequel to "Camp 30" (DC25492), followed by "Shell shocked" (DC38286). Grades 4-7. 2007, c2006. (Camp X ; 3)Enigma (Camp X. #6.)
By Eric Walters. 2013
Having successfully foiled a Nazi plot to kidnap one of the British Royal Family, brothers Jack and George are on…
the move again - this time to England. The Royal Family wishes to thank them for rescuing Princess Louise, and now the boys and their parents are travelling aboard a merchant ship that's part of a convoy. Crossing the Atlantic is challenging enough, but when the destroyers attached to their convoy torpedo a U-boat, events take another very surprising turn. When the family comes ashore in England, they're whisked off to Bletchley Park, the hub of the British spy network. True to form, Jack and George soon discover a plan to strike at the heart of the British war effort by sabotaging British intelligence. Will they be able to thwart another deadly Nazi plot? Sequel to "Trouble in paradise". Grades 5-8. 2013.Eagle strike (Alex Rider adventure. #4.)
By Anthony Horowitz. 2003
After a chance encounter with assassin Yassen Gregorovich in the South of France, teenage spy Alex Rider investigates international pop…
star and philanthropist Damian Cray, whose new video game venture hides sinister motives involving Air Force One, nuclear missiles, and the international drug trade. Sequel to "Skeleton key", followed by "Scorpia". Junior High. 2003. (Alex Rider adventure ; 4)Crocodile tears (Alex Rider ; #8)
By Anthony Horowitz. 2009
Targeted by a hitman and under threat of his past being exposed by the media, Alex reluctantly turns to MI6.…
But their help doesn't come cheap: they need Alex to spy on the activities at a GM crop plant. There he spots Desmond McCain, a high profile charity organiser, who realises that Alex is on to him and the real plans for the money he's raising. Kidnapped and whisked off to Africa, Alex learns the full horror of McCain's plot: to create an epic disaster that will kill millions. Sequel to "Snakehead". Junior High. 2009. (Alex Rider ; 8)Ark angel (Alex Rider adventure. #6.)
By Anthony Horowitz. 2005
From Cornwall to Cuba, Venice to France, Alex Rider has travelled far and wide as a spy for MI6, facing…
danger and death at every turn. In the thrilling sequel to 'Scorpia' (DC36010), find out the answer to the question: 'Will Alex rider live to fight another day?' Followed by "Snakehead" (DC36011). For junior high readers. 2005. (Alex Rider adventure ; 6)