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Here are some of our favorite books about spies and espionage. These titles are classified as Teen High School (TH) and can be found in the Teen section of the library.
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Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy
by Ally Carter
When the Gallagher Academy, a secret spy school for girls, hosts male guests, Cammie is blamed for a series of security breaches that forces her to clear her name while trying to deny her attraction to a hottie named Zach.
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Not if I Save You First
by Ally Carter
Six years ago Maddie lived in Washington D.C. with her father, a Secret Service agent assigned to the President's family, and her best friend was Logan, the President's son; but after her father was wounded in an attempted kidnapping the two of them moved to a remote cabin in Alaska and Logan never replied to her letters--but now he has suddenly turned up on her doorstep, and, while she has no attention of forgiving him for his silence, she soon realizes that first she has to save him from the winter wilderness and the men who are pursuing him.
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The Traitor's Game
by Jennifer A Nielsen
After three years in exile Kestra Dallisor has been summoned back to Antora by her father, right-hand man of the seemingly immortal king, Lord Endrick, but she is intercepted and kidnapped by the Coracks who want to use her to get the Olden Blade, which they believe can be used to kill the despot--Simon, one of the rebels with his own grudge against the Dallisors, is assigned to accompany her, but Kestra has her own plans and she does not intend to let anyone get in her way.
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Rebel Spy
by Veronica Rossi
A reimagining of the story of a New York society girl-turned-Revolutionary War spy follows a young woman’s effort to pass herself off as a shipwreck victim before using her assumed identity to eavesdrop on British soldiers and convey important information to George Washington.
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A Sky Beyond the Storm
by Sabaa Tahir
A conclusion to the best-selling series is set a few months after the events of A Reaper at the Gates and finds Laia of Serra navigating loss and the deadly attacks of Empress Keris Veturia to battle a vengeful Nightbringer.
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The Pearl Thief
by Elizabeth Wein
Fifteen-year-old Julia Beaufort-Stuart wakes up in a hospital not knowing how she was injured, and soon befriends Euan McEwen, the Scottish Traveller boy who found her. Later, when a body is discovered, she experiences the prejudices his family has endured and tries to keep them from being framed for the crime.
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La Belle Sauvage
by Philip Pullman
When Malcolm finds a secret message inquiring about a dangerous substance called Dust, he finds himself embroiled in a tale of intrigue featuring enforcement agents from the Magisterium, a woman with an evil monkey daemon, and a baby named Lyra.
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Palace of Spies
by Sarah Zettel
Coerced into impersonating a lady-in-waiting at the palace of King George I, 16-year-old Peggy, a clever and well-bred orphan, begins to suspect that the girl she is impersonating has been murdered and that she is doomed to the same terrible fate unless she can navigate the malicious intrigues of the court.
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We Set the Dark on Fire
by Tehlor Kay Mejia
A society wife-in-training has an uncomfortable awakening about her strictly polarized society after being recruited into a band of rebel spies and falling for her biggest rival.
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Ink and Bone
by Rachel Caine
In a world where the Great Library of Alexandria governs the flow of information to the people, Jess discovers that those who control the Library believe that knowledge is more valuable than human life after his friend commits heresy.
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The Winner's Crime
by Marie Rutkoski
The engagement of Lady Kestrel to Valoria's crown prince is the event of a lifetime, but to Kestrel it means living in a cage of her own making, so as she aches to tell the truth about her engagement, she becomes a skilled practitioner of deceit, and as a spy, passes information and gets close to uncovering a shocking secret.
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Circle of Shadows
by Evelyn Skye
Eager to prove themselves in a peaceful kingdom, two magic apprentice warriors on the brink of graduating infiltrate a camp of mysterious soldiers who lead one of them on a transformative mission of deception.
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Warcross
by Marie Lu
When teenage coder Emika Chen hacks her way into the opening tournament of the Warcross Championships, she glitches herself into the game as well as a sinister plot with major consequences for the entire Warcross empire.
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Boy Nobodyby Allen ZadoffEmbarking on a latest mission, 16-year-old Boy Nobody, an assassin under the control of a shadowy government organization known as "The Program," considers sabotaging his work when his target reminds him of the normal life he craves.
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Orphan Monster Spy
by Matt Killeen
When her mother is shot at a checkpoint in 1939 Germany, a blonde-haired, blue-eyed Jewish teen agrees to help a mysterious man who asks her to help the resistance against the Third Reich by posing as the daughter of a wealthy Nazi to gain access to a scientist's weapon designs.
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Mind Games
by Kiersten White
Seventeen-year-old Fia and her sister, Annie, are trapped in a school that uses young female psychics and mind readers as tools for corporate espionage—and if Fia doesn't play by the rules of their deadly game, Annie will be killed.
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The ruins of Gorlan
by John Flanagan
When fifteen-year-old Will is rejected by battleschool, he becomes the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger Halt, and winds up protecting the kingdom from danger
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Also Known As
by Robin Benway
As the active-duty daughter of international spies, sixteen-year-old safecracker Maggie Silver never attended high school so when she and her parents are sent to New York for her first solo assignment, Maggie is introduced to cliques, school lunches, and maybe even a boyfriend.
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