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Robert Ludlum's the Bourne deception: a new Jason Bourne novel (New Jason Bourne novel. #7)
By Robert Ludlum, Eric Lustbader. 2009
Ambushed and nearly killed in Bali, Jason Bourne fakes his death and hunts the would-be assassin. Meanwhile Soraya Moore, the…
CIA's Middle East director, investigates the bombing of an American airliner over Egypt. Moore believes Bourne is dead - but then their missions overlap. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2009.Robert Ludlum's The Bourne objective: a new Jason Bourne novel (Jason Bourne series #book 8)
By Robert Ludlum, Eric Lustbader. 2010
Amnesiac spy Jason Bourne and ruthless Leonid Arkadin, both trained in a clandestine and now defunct American Central Intelligence program,…
are manipulated to eliminate each other. Meanwhile, a secret cabal called Treadstone seeks Bourne's Balinese ring, which might lead to King Solomon's gold. Strong language and descriptions of violence. Bestseller. c2010. (New Jason Bourne novel)Saving the world and other extreme sports: And Other Extreme Sports (Maximum Ride ; #3)
By James Patterson. 2007
The time has come for Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel to face their ultimate enemy and, despite many…
obstacles, try to save the world from a sinister plan to re-engineer a select population into a scientifically superior master race. Sequel to "School's Out-Forever" (EB74021). Followed by "Final warning". For grades 5-8. 2007. (Maximum ride ; 3)The mermaid secret
By Vicki Blum. 2004
Kallie and Danya are as unalike as twin sisters can be. When a mermaid visits Kallie and tells her that…
her world will be lost forever unless Kallie helps them steal back The Jewel of Life, Kallie accepts right away, while Danya needs more convincing. But soon the twins are taking the plunge together into the amazing undersea world of Ayralon, where adventure - and a secret from their past - awaits them. Grades 3-6. 2004.Superior Saturday: Keys to the Kingdom Book 6 (Keys to the kingdom ; #6)
By Garth Nix. 2008
Even as he grows stronger and closer to discovering the secret of his identity, Arthur must face further dangers and…
conflicts as he struggles to attain the Sixth Key from the powerful Saturday. Sequel to "Lady Friday" (EB74686). Followed by "Lord Sunday". Grades 4-7. 2008. (Keys to the kingdom ; 6)The Akhenaten adventure (Children of the lamp ; #1)
By Philip Kerr. 2005
When twelve-year-old twins Philippa and John discover that they are descended from a long line of djinn, their mother sends…
them away to their Uncle Nimrod, who takes them to Cairo where he starts to teach them about their extraordinary powers. Grade 5-8. 2005. (Children of the lamp ; 1)The Nutcracker
By Jane B Mason. 2003
It's Christmas Eve and Marie has found a funny-looking nutcracker under the tree. Marie's godfather says this nutcracker once saved…
a beautiful princess from a horrible spell cast by the wicked Mouse Queen. But Nutcracker is in danger - the Mouse King seeks revenge! Now Nutcracker must face off against the seven-headed King of Mice - and he needs Marie's help to win the battle! Grades 3-6. 2003.The Thief Lord (Chicken House Novels)
By Cornelia Caroline Funke, Oliver Latsch. 2002
Orphans Prosper and Bo, on the run from their cruel aunt and uncle, live with a gang of thieves in…
Venice. The gang is protected by The Thief Lord, a young boy named Scipio who steals jewels from fancy Venetian homes. But there is more to the Thief Lord than he's letting on, and when Prosper stumbles on the Thief Lord's true identity, and Scipio plans to steal a mysterious wooden wing, things begin to go wrong. Grades 4-7. 2002. Uniform title: Herr der Diebe.The Mediterranean caper (Dirk Pitt Adventure Ser. #1)
By Clive Cussler. 2004
A Luftwaffe ace, a Nazi war criminal, a beautiful and untrustworthy brunette, and a deadly billion-dollar cargo become the objects…
of a desperate search as Dirk Pitt matches wits with the elusive leader of an international smuggling ring. 2004.Nighthawk: a novel from the NUMA Files (NUMA files. #14.)
By Clive Cussler, Graham Brown. 2017
When the most advanced aircraft ever designed vanishes over the South Pacific, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are drawn into…
a deadly contest to locate the fallen machine. Russia and China covet the radical technology, but the United States worries about a darker problem. They know what others don't--that the X-37 is carrying a dangerous secret, a payload of exotic matter, extracted from the upper reaches of the atmosphere and stored at a temperature near absolute zero. As long as it remains frozen, the cargo is inert, but if it thaws, it will unleash a catastrophe of nearly unthinkable proportions. From the Galapagos Islands to the jungles of South America to an icy mountain lake many believe to be the birthplace of the Inca, the entire NUMA team will risk everything in an effort to avert disaster. Sequel to "The Pharaoh's secret". Bestseller. 2017.Ghost ship: a novel from the NUMA files (NUMA files. #12.)
By Clive Cussler, Graham Brown. 2014
When Kurt Austin is injured attempting to rescue the passengers and crew from a sinking yacht, he wakes with fragmented…
and conflicted memories. Did he see an old friend and her children drown, or was the yacht abandoned when he came aboard? For reasons he cannot explain, Kurt doesn't trust either version of his recollection. Determined to know the truth, he begins to search for answers, and soon finds himself descending into a shadowy world of state-sponsored cybercrime, and uncovering a pattern of vanishing scientists, suspicious accidents, and a web of human trafficking. With the help of Joe Zavala, he takes on the sinister organization at the heart of this web, facing off with them in locations ranging from Monaco to North Korea to the rugged coasts of Madagascar. But where he will ultimately end up, even he could not begin to guess. Sequel to "Zero hour". Bestseller. 2014.The spy (Isaac Bell Adventure. #3)
By Clive Cussler, Justin Scott. 2010
1908. Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn Detective Agency investigates the supposed suicide of battleship engineer Arthur Langner. After more…
deaths among naval research staff, Bell hunts for a foreign spy hobbling American military advances during a buildup to war. Some violence. Bestseller. 2010. (Isaac Bell adventure)White death: a novel from the NUMA files (Kurt Austin adventures. #No. 4)
By Clive Cussler, Paul Kemprecos. 2003
Partners Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala of the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA) rescue survivors inside a Danish ship…
sunk by environmentalists. During the ensuing investigation they encounter the Oceanus Corporation, which aims to control the seas by using biologically modified fish. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2003. (Kurt Austin adventure)The dead of night
By John Marsden. 1994
Australia has been invaded. Seven teenagers are living in the sanctuary of a hidden valley where nothing is safe. Their…
families are facing death at the hands of a merciless enemy and all that's certain is today. But somehow things have got to change. Ellie and her friends are the only people who can change it. They are the only ones who are free. Sequel to "Tomorrow, when the war began." Senior high readers.The unknown shore
By Patrick O'Brian. 1995
A novel about the sea, telling the tale of the Wager, an ill-fated ship on Anson's expedition round the world.…
She is driven onto rocks off the coast of Chile, and sinks. The survivors fall into trouble of every kind, including mutiny and bloodshed, before being led northwards to safety by a band of stony and depraved Indians. 1997.Fish
By L. S Matthews. 2004
Tiger's Mum and Dad are aid workers in a remote unnamed country that has been devastated by drought, flooded by…
rains, and besieged by political conflict. Everyone is fleeing as war looms, and Tiger has just rescued a fish from an evaporating pond on the morning that his family and their Guide are preparing to evacuate. So begins a journey of terrible odds across a hostile land to safety. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 4-7. 2004.United we stand (We All Fall Down Series #2)
By Eric Walters. 2009
It's September 12th, 2001, and New York City is at a standstill: sombre, bleak and shocked in the aftermath of…
the World Trade Center attacks. Will knows he and his father are lucky to have escaped; others, like his best friend James' father, are still missing... and soon presumed to be dead. Sequel to "We all fall down" (DC28495). For junior and senior high readers. 2009.We all fall down (We All Fall Down Series #1)
By Eric Walters. 2006
Today is September 10, 2001, and Will, a New York grade nine student, will be spending tomorrow at his father's…
workplace as part of a school assignment. Will isn't looking forward to it. He doubts his father will bother making time for him, and his dad doesn't even have an exciting job - he works for an international trading company on the eighty-fifth floor in the south building of the World Trade Center. For junior or senior high readers. Winner of the 2007 Red Maple Award. 2006.The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale Of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits And A Very Interesting Boy
By Jeanne Birdsall. 2006
While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four young sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with…
a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother. Grades 4-7. 2006.The smugglers (High seas trilogy. #2.)
By Iain Lawrence. 1999
Set in eighteenth-century England, sixteen-year-old John sets out on his father's schooner to sail from Kent to London. The schooner…
was a smugglers' vessel once, and a mysterious gentleman has warned him that it will bring trouble and death. But the ship looks clever and quick, and John is too charmed by it to heed the advice. Grades 5-8. Sequel to "The wreckers." Followed by "The buccaneers." 1999.