Spies, Detectives and Thrillers: Alex Rider Readalikes

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Higson, Charles. SilverFin : A James Bond Adventure. 2005. (YA Fiction Higso.C)Cover Art
Young James Bond, while attending boarding school at Eton in the 1930s, must battle against an insane arms dealer who, by using killer eels, is attempting to create a race of indestructible soldiers on the eve of World War II. (Book One of the Young Bond series)
Hoobler, Dorothy. The Ghost In The Tokaido Inn. 1999. (YA Mystery Hoobl.D)Cover Art
While attempting to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel, Seikei, a merchant's son who longs to be a samurai, joins a group of kabuki actors in eighteenth-century Japan. (Book One of a series)
Jinks, Catherine. Evil Genius. 2007. (YA Fiction Jinks.C)Cover Art
Child prodigy Cadel Piggot, an antisocial computer hacker, discovers his true identity when he enrolls as a first-year student at an advanced crime academy (Book One of a series). 
Ludlum, Robert. The Bourne Identity. 1980. (Fiction Ludlu.R)Cover Art
A shooting victim, suffering from amnesia, finds himself with a Swiss bank account in the name of Jason Bourne, a professional assassin being manipulated by a top-secret American government organization to kill his arch rival, the dreaded Carlos. (Book One of a series)
MacHale, D. J.. The Merchant Of Death. 2002. (YA Science Fiction Macha.D)Cover Art
Bobby Pendragon, a seemingly normal fourteen-year-old boy, has a family, a home, and even Marley, his beloved dog. But before Bobby can object, he is swept off to an alternate dimension known as Denduron, a territory inhabited by strange beings, ruled by a magical tyrant, and plagued by a dangerous revolution, where Bobby must fight for the future of the human race. (Book One of the Pendragon series)
MacLean, Alistair. The Guns Of Navarone. 1957. (Fiction Macle.A)Cover Art
A specialized commando team is assembled to destroy the German Army's mighty guns of Navarone, because they control a strategic channel in the Aegean Sea.
MacLean, Alistair. Where Eagles Dare. 2002. (Fiction Macle.A 2002)Cover Art
The attempt by a group of special agents to rescue an Allied general from an impregnable castle is jeopardized by a ruthless German double agent.
Marsden, John. Tomorrow, When The War Began. 1993. (YA Fiction Marsd.J)Cover Art
Seven Australian teenagers return from a camping trip in the bush to discover that their country has been invaded and they must hide to stay alive. (Book One of the Tomorrow series)
Matheson, Shirlee Smith. Fastback Beach. 2003. (YA Fiction Mathe.S)Cover Art
When Miles is put on probation for stealing a car, he tries to make a fresh start, but soon finds that his old friendships come back to haunt him with disturbing results.
McNab, Andy. Traitor. 2005. (YA Fiction Mcnab.A)Cover Art
A boy who believes his grandfather to be a traitorous spy who turned against England and then disappeared tracks him down and finds out the truth.
McNamee, Graham. Acceleration. 2003. (YA Mystery Mcnam.G)Cover Art
Stuck working in the Lost and Found of the Toronto Transit Authority for the summer, seventeen-year-old Duncan finds the diary of a serial killer and sets out to stop him.
Mowll, Joshua. Operation Red Jericho. 2005. (YA Fiction Mowll.J)Cover Art
The posthumous papers of Rebecca MacKenzie document her adventures, along with her brother Doug, in 1920s China. The teenaged siblings are sent to live aboard their uncle's ship, where they become involved in the dangerous activities of a mysterious secret society called the Honorable Guild of Specialists (Book One of a series).
Myers, Walter Dean. Fallen Angels. 1988. (YA Fiction Myers.W)Cover Art
Seventeen-year-old Richie Perry, just out of his Harlem high school, enlists in the Army in the summer of 1967 and spends a devastating year on active duty in Vietnam.


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