Graphic Novels/Manga

 

Arakawa, Hiromu. Fullmetal Alchemist. 2005. (YA 741.5952 Araka.H v. 1)

As young boys, Edward and Alphonse Elric dabbled in alchemy to try to resurrect their dead mother. As a result, Ed lost one arm and one leg, while Al lost his entire body and had his spirit sealed into a suit of armor. Now, they are searching for the fabled Philosopher's Stone to restore what they've lost.

 

Cooke, Darwyn. The Spirit. 2008. (YA 741.5973 Cooke.D bk. 1)

Criminologist Denny Colt lets the world believe he is dead in order to continue his war against crime as masked adventurer The Spirit. Now he faces a cast of criminals and femmes fatales armed only with his wits, and with the help of savvy teenager Ebony White, girlfriend Ellen Dolan and her father, the hard-as-nails Police Commissioner!

 

Jolley, Dan. JSA : The Liberty Files. 2004. (YA 741.5973 Justice)

A spy thriller that takes an assortment of familiar superheroes and reinvents them as covert agents during World War II and the Cold War. The Bat, The Clock and The Owl are the Unholy Three, a group of Allied spies that must capture the albino smuggler Jack the Grin before he sells Hitler's greatest weapon to the highest bidder. Later, the Unholy Three are joined by new agents as they attempt to stop KGB operatives from discovering a weapon that could end all life on Earth. (Part of the JSA Series)

 

Kazu, Kibuishi. The Last Train. 2005. (YA 741.5973 Kibui.K)

Daisy Kutter, the most feared gunfighter in the New West, has just retired from a life of crime to start a general store and, hopefully, a new life. However, old habits die hard, and she is pulled back into the life of a gunslinger by the ghosts of her past. The story is set in the dusty town of Middleton where the young gunfighter must learn to deal with the trials and tribulations of day-to-day life while fighting hordes of robots and a rogues? gallery of malicious criminals.

 

Kanari, Yozaburo. The Kindaichi Case Files. 2003. (YA 741.5952 Kanar.Y v. 1)

Hajime Kindaichi is invited to pop singer Reika Hayami's father's ski lodge, and his friend Miyuki joins him, but when another guest turns up dead, Hajime joins the case as an investigator. (Book One of the Kindaichi Case Files Series)

 

Kishimoto, Masashi. Naruto. 2003. (YA 741.5952 Kishi.M v. 1)

In the village of Konohagakure, school is literally a battlefield where classmates are ninjas in training competing to become the greatest ninja in the land. (Book One of the Naruto series)

 

Miyuki, Takahashi. Musashi #9. 2005. (YA 741.5952 Miyuk.T v. 1)

Musashi #9, a sixteen-year-old girl, is an agent for the organization Ultimate Blue. (Book 1 of a series)

 

Parker, Jeff. The Interman. 2003. (YA 741.5973 Parke.J v. 1)

Van Meach is on a quest to find out the circumstances of his birth, a result of the Interman Project that created a superior race of spies but was abandoned after his birth.

 

Prohias, Antonio. Spy Vs. Spy : The Complete Casebook. 2001. (741.5973 Prohi.A)

This loving tribute to Mad magazine's ultimate satirical animation strip looks back on four decades of Cold War hijinks.

 

Spradlin, Michael & Rachel Manija Brown. Spy Goddess: The Chase for the Chalice. 2008. (YA 741.4973 Sprad.M)

When she is sent to a supersecret spy training academy because of a brush with the law, teenager Rachel Buchanan learns that she may be a reincarnated goddess, takes on missions involving a lunatic millionaire, and tries to learn kung fu without breaking a nail. (Book 1 of a series)

 

Takahashi, Rumiko. Ranma 1/2. 2003. (YA 741.5952 Takah.R v. 1)

While training at the Accursed Springs in China with his father, martial artist Ranma is cursed to turn into a girl when splashed with cold water, and back into a boy with hot water, and learns that his father has affianced him to tomboy Akane Tendo. (Book One of the Ranma ½ series)

 

Vaughan, Brian K.. Runaways. Vol. 1. 2005. (YA 741.5973 Vaugh.B)

When six teen friends discover that their parents are all secretly super-powered villains, they run away and find strength in one another to overcome their evil legacy.

 

Watsuki, Nobuhiro. Rurouni Kenshin. 2003. (YA 741.5952 Watsu.N v. 1)

The wandering swordsman and former assassin, Himura Kenshin, now fights to protect those in need. (Book One of the Rurouni Kenshin series)

 

Nonfiction

 

Allen, Thomas B. George Washington, Spymaster : How America Outspied The British And Won The Revolutionary War. 2003. (xBiog Washi.G Allen.T)

A biography of Revolutionary War general and first President of the United States, George Washington, focusing on his use of spies to gather intelligence that helped the colonies win the war.

 

Busby, Cylin & John Busby. The Year We Disappeared : A Father-daughter Memoir. 2008. (YA B Busby.C Busby.C)

After her police officer father is shot one night and barely gets away with his life, everything changes for Cylin Busby's family when they are forced to move from their home and cut off ties with everyone they know in order to maintain their safety while the search for the attempted murderer continues.

 

Horowitz, Anthony. Alex Rider, The Gadgets. 2006. (YA Fiction Horow.A)

Features the blueprints and technical specifications for the amazing gadgetry used by teenage spy Alex Rider.

Owen, David. Spies : The Undercover World Of Secrets, Gadgets And Lies. 2004. (Young Adult 327.12 Owen.D)

Tells the history of espionage, profiles some famous spies, and describes methods and gadgets used in spying.

 

Owen, David. Hidden Secrets. 2002. (YA 327.12 Owen.D)

A history of espionage demonstrates some of the methods used by states to obtain information or feed false information to their enemies.