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Here are some of our favorite books about spies and espionage. These titles are classified as Teen Middle School (TM) and can be found in the Teen section of the library.
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The Stitchers
by Lorien Lawrence
Thirteen-year-olds Quinn Parker and Mike Warren uncover the awful truth about their strange neighbors and the gruesome secret of how they stay young.
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The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge
by M. T. Anderson
Uptight elfin historian Brangwain Spurge is on a mission: survive being catapulted across the mountains into goblin territory, deliver a priceless peace offering to their mysterious dark lord, and spy on the goblin kingdom.
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Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II
by Alan Gratz
Living with his family in Berlin, Michael O'Shaunessey, the son of the Irish ambassador to Nazi Germany, works as a spy like his parents and participates in the horrific activities of the Hitler Youth in order to gain inside information for the British Secret Service.
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Delilah Dirk and the King's Shilling
by Tony Cliff
When globetrotting troublemaker Delilah Dirk and her friend Selim are accused of espionage against the British crown, they must clear their names, even if it means returning to respectability.
Look for this book in the Teen Graphic Novel Section.
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The Class
by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Sixth grade is a MOST confusing time. Best friends aren’t friends anymore. Worst enemies suddenly want to be partners in crime. And classmates you thought you knew have all sorts of surprising stuff going on. The kids in Mrs. Herrera’s class are dealing with all these things and more.
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Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation
by Stuart Gibbs
A series debut by the best-selling author of the Spy School adventures introduces child genius Charlie Thorne, who uses her elite skills to crack a complex code created by Albert Einstein that could benefit or destroy all life on the planet.
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Airman
by Eoin Colfer
In the late nineteenth century, when Conor Broekhart discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the king, he is branded a traitor, imprisoned, and forced to mine for diamonds under brutal conditions while he plans a daring escape from Little Saltee prison by way of a flying machine that he must design, build, and, hardest of all, trust to carry him to safety.
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Midnight Rider
by Joan Hiatt Harlow
On the eve of the Revolutionary War, young Hannah Andrews, an indentured servant to a British family, finds herself in a struggle between the family with whom she lives and the cause in which she believes, but after dressing up as a boy and attending a Sons of Liberty meeting, Hannah decides to take a stand--risking her life as a messenger for the Revolutionaries.
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Greetings From Witness Protection! by Jake BurtA foster-care girl is placed with a family in the Witness Protection Program where she discovers that hiding in plain sight can be complicated and dangerous.
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The Devil's Breath
by David Gilman
When Max Gordon's father goes missing while working in Namibia and Max becomes the target of a would-be assassin at his school in England, he decides he must follow his father to Africa and find him before they both are killed.
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The Detective's Assistant by Kate HanniganA tale inspired by the life of America's first female detective follows the experiences of 11-year-old orphan Nell Warne, who becomes an indispensable helper to her Pinkerton Detective Agency employee aunt, Kate.
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Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul EvansMichael Vey, a fourteen-year old who has Tourette's syndrome and special electric powers, finds there are others like him, and must rely on his powers to save himself and the others from a diabolical group seeking to control them.
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The Ability
by M. M Vaughan
While Chris and five other twelve-year-olds learn to make the most of their mental abilities in a secret, government-run school last used in 1977, twins Ernest and Mort are studying under someone with much more sinister motives.
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Sophia's War : A Tale of the Revolution
by Avi
In 1776, after witnessing the execution of Nathan Hale in New York City, which was newly occupied by the British army, young Sophia Calderwood resolves to do all she can to help the American cause, including becoming a spy.
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Liar & Spy
by Rebecca Stead
Moving into an apartment when his father loses his job, Georges befriends Safer, a twelve-year-old coffee-drinking loner and self-appointed spy, who recruits Georges into the world of espionage so that they can investigate a mysterious neighbor who lives on the top floor.
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The Shadow Project
by Herbie Brennan
A young English thief stumbles on, and subsequently is recruited for, a super-secret operation that trains teenagers in remote viewing and astral projection techniques in order to engage in spying.
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Alcatraz
by Roland Smith
With the nation reeling from the recent terrorist attacks, Q and his stepsister, Angela, travel with the Match music group to San Francisco, where Q and Angela join the manhunt for the ghost cell's leader in a final showdown with the terrorist organization.
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Chains : Seeds of America
by Laurie Halse Anderson
When her owner dies at the start of the Revolution, a greedy nephew keeps Isabel and her younger sister enslaved and sells them to Loyalists in New York, where Isabel is offered the chance to spy for the Patriots.
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