Spies, Detectives, & Thrillers

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Patterson, James. Maximum Ride : The Angel Experiment. 2005. (YA Science Fiction Patte.J & YA CD Science Fiction Patte.J)Cover Art
After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the "bird kids," (a group who are the result of genetic experimentation) take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose. (Book One of the Maximum Ride series)
 
Peet, Mal. Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion and Betrayal. 2007. (YA Fiction Peet.M)Cover Art
In England in 1995, 15-year-old Tamar, grief-stricken by the puzzling death of her beloved grandfather, slowly begins to uncover the secrets of his life in the Dutch resistance during the last year of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, and the climactic events that forever cast a shadow on his life and that of his family.
 
Reilly, Matthew. Scarecrow. 2003. (Fiction Reill.M)Cover Art
When a $20,000,000 bounty is placed on his head, Scarecrow Schofield begins an international race for survival during which he unravels a vast conspiracy that reveals why he has been targeted.
Reilly, Matthew. Temple. 2001. (Fiction Reill.M)Cover Art
A mysterious Inca idol becomes the focus of an international treasure hunt, and a young linguist is caught up in the conspiracy when he is hired to translate a centuries-old manuscript that holds the key to the idol's location.
 
Riordan, Rick. The Lightning Thief. 2005. (YA Fiction Riord.R & YA CD Fiction Riord.R)Cover Art
Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods. (Book 1 of Percy Jackson & the Olympians series)
 
Rose, Malcolm. Framed!. 2005. (YA Mystery Rose.M)Cover Art
Sixteen-year-old forensic investigator Luke Harding and his robot sidekick race to discover who is behind three student murders, only to find that the evidence points to Luke himself. (Book One of the Traces series)
Simmons, Michael. Finding Lubchenko. 2005. (YA Mystery Simmo.M)Cover Art
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 (Book One of a series).
 
Smith, Roland. I, Q : (book One: Independence Hall). 2008. (YA Fiction Smith.R)Cover Art
In this gripping thriller, 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. (Book one of the Independence Hall series)
 
Spradlin, Michael. Live and Let Shop. 2005. (YA Fiction Sprad.M)Cover Art
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. (Book 1 of series)
Stephens, J. B.. The Big Empty. 2004. (YA Science Fiction Steph.J)Cover Art
After half of the world's population is killed by a plague, seven teenagers seek a better life in a nightmarish future by deciphering coded messages and trying to avoid the Slashers. (Book One of the Big Empty series)
Updale, Eleanor. Montmorency : Thief, Liar, Gentleman?. 2003. (YA Fiction Updal.E)Cover Art
In Victorian London, after his life is saved by a young physician, a thief utilizes the knowledge he gains in prison and from the scientific lectures he attends as the physician's case study exhibit to create a new, highly successful, double life for himself. (Book One of the Montmorency series)
 
Vande Velde, Vivian. Never Trust A Dead Man. 1999. (YA Mystery Vande.V)Cover Art
Wrongly convicted of murder and punished by being sealed up in the tomb with a dead man, 17-year-old Selwyn enlists the help of a witch and the resurrected victim to find the true killer.

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