If You Like the Alex Rider Series
Suggestions from Mt. Lebanon Public Library, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
www.mtlebanonlibrary.org
If you like the Alex Rider Series try these stories of secrets & intrigue.
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Mission--Spy Force revealed / Deborah Abela
When two eleven-year-old Australian friends become undercover agents for Spyforce, their first assignment is to prevent an evil mastermind’s plan of using food to turn children into zombies.
(Spy Force Series). Grades 4 – 6/j ABELA
Whales on stilts! / M.T. Anderson
Middle-school friends try to stop an evil plan that involves conquering the world using an army of whales. Grades 5+ / j ANDERSON
Millions / Frank Cottrell Boyce
Two brothers find a huge amount of stolen money which they must spend quickly before the new European currency makes their treasure obsolete. Grades 5+ /j BOYCE
For freedom: the story of a French spy / Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
During World War II, when a French teenager pursues her dream of becoming an opera singer she also gains information about the Nazis that the French Resistance needs. Grades 5+ / j BRADLEY
Spy High mission one / A.J. Butcher
Six teenagers at a special high school that trains secret agents try to complete their training exercises before they are sent out into the field. (Spy High Series) Grades 7+/YA pb BUTCHER
Artemis Fowl / Eoin Colfer
Artemis Fowl, a 12-year-old genius and criminal mastermind, hatches a plan to restore his families’ wealth with stolen Fairy gold. Grades 5+ / j COLFER
Also other books by this author.
The terrorist / Caroline B. Cooney
When her brother is killed because of a terrorist bomb, 16-year-old Laura becomes obsessed with finding his killer. Grades 6+/j COONEY
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Jimmy Coates, assassin? / Joe Craig
When he tries to escape the mysterious officials who have come to take him away, eleven year-old Jimmy Coates discovers that he is really 38 percent human and 62 percent technology who was created to be an assassin by the government. Grades 4 – 7/ j CRAIG
Phoning a dead man / Gillian Cross
When the fiancée of a British demolitions expert who was reportedly killed in Siberia and his teenage sister investigate his accident they find themselves involved with the Russian Mafia. Grades 6+/ j M CROSS & YA
Also other books by this author.
Dawn undercover / Anna Dale
An eleven year old girl is recruited for a British secret intelligence agency and sent on a secret mission to track a criminal mastermind. Grades 5+/ j DALE
The avion my uncle flew / Cyrus Fisher
After World War II, a Wyoming boy stumbles upon the evil plan of a fugitive Nazi spy in France. Grades 5+ / j pb F
The Thief Lord / Cornelia Funke
Two runaway brothers, pursued by a private detective, find shelter and protection with other runaways in an abandoned theatre where another runaway- “The Thief Lord” - takes charge over them all. Grades 5+/j FUNKE
SilverFin : a James Bond adventure / Charlie Higson
Young James Bond, just starting boarding school in England, is about to become involved in his first adventure. Grades 7+/YA HIGSON(Young Bond Series)
Alfred Hitchcock's Sinister Spies
A collection of short fiction stories “of spying and counter-spying, of espionage and danger.” Grades 5+/j M HITCHCOCK
Chasing the Falconers / Gordon Korman
Pursued by a killer and the police, Aidan and Meg try to prove that their parents are not-guilty of treason and save them from a life in prison. (On the Run Series) Grades 4 – 7/ j pb K
Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society / Adeline Yen Mah
In 1942, twelve-year-old Ye Xian runs away from her terrible home life and joins the secret Dragon Society, a group which helps people “who have suffered unjustly and have nobody to turn to," people who in CC’s case are American pilots in danger of being captured by Japanese soldiers. Grades 5+ / j MAH
Tomorrow, when the war began / John Marsden
When seven Australian teenagers return from a camping trip to discover that their country has been invaded and everyone in their town has been taken prisoner, they must decide whether to find their families, to hide, or to stay and fight. (Tomorrow Series) Grades 7+/ j MARSDEN & YA pb
How to disappear completely and never be found / Sara Nickerson
A twelve-year-old girl, aided by a new friend, a strange comic book, and a rusty key, tries to find out about her father's mysterious death. Grades 4 - 7 / j M NICKERSON
The View from the Cherry Tree / Willo Davis Roberts
When Rob sees a murder committed next to his house, no one will believe him- except the murderer. Grades 5 +/ j M ROBERTS
Framed! / Malcolm Rose
A sixteen year-old forensic investigator finds that he is being framed for the murders he and his computer sidekick, Malc, are investigating. (LukeHarding, forensic investigator series) Grades 7+/ j M ROSE
Zach's lie / Roland Smith
Although Zach and his family have moved to Nevada under the Witness Security Program, the drug cartel his father is testifying against is determined to hunt them down. Grades 5+/ j SMITH
Live and let shop / Michael P. Spradlin
At mysterious Blackthorn Academy in Pennsylvania, a Beverly Hills teenager becomes entangled in a case of international espionage. (Spy Goddess Series) Grades 5+/ j SPRADLIN
Fathom five / Robert Westall
In 1943, teenage friends try to discover who is passing secret information to the Germans in their small English town. Grades 5+ / j pb W
The extraordinary adventures of Alfred Kropp / Rick Yancey
When teenage loser Alfred Kropp reluctantly helps his uncle steal a sword from a business office, he becomes involved in a chain of extraordinary adventures that include saber-wielding monks, motorcycle thugs, and King Arthur's legendary sword Excalibur. Grades 5+/j YANCEY
The gadget / Paul Zindel
A scientist’s son becomes caught in a web of secrecy and intrigue at Los Alamos in 1945. Grades 6+/ j ZINDEL & YA
Look for these and other great books in
The Children’s Library
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16 Castle Shannon Blvd.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15228
412.531.1913 5/06
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