(Title suggestions from Core Collection: Spy Kids.Engberg, Gillian (author).FEATURE. First published May 1, 2010 (Booklist).)
Not only do they have to solve the case; they have to pretend that they are not spying!
Alibi Junior High Greg Logsted. 2009. After thirteen-year-old Cody and his father, an undercover agent, are nearly killed, Cody moves in with his aunt in Connecticut, where he is helped with his adjustment to the trials of attending public school for the first time and investigating a threat in nearby woods by a wounded Iraq War veteran. (grades 6-9)
Steel Trapp : the challenge Ridley Pearson. 2008. On a two-day train trip to enter his invention in the National Science Competition in Washington, D.C., fourteen-year-old Steven "Steel" Trapp, possessor of a remarkable photographic memory, becomes embroiled in an international plot of kidnapping and bribery that may have links to terrorists. (grades 5-8)
Death by denim Linda Gerber. 2009. Sixteen-year-old Aphra and her mother, a CIA agent, are hiding in France under new identities, but they must go on the run again when their location is discovered by a dangerous criminal. (grades 7-10)
Heist society Ally Carter. 2010. A group of teenagers uses their combined talents to re-steal several priceless paintings and save fifteen-year-old Kat Bishop's father, himself an international art thief, from a vengeful collector. (Audrey's note: Why does the girl on the cover look like Audrey Hepburn?) (grades 6-10)
I, Q. (Book one, Independence Hall) / Roland Smith. 2008. "Step-siblings Q (Quest) and Angela are thrust into the work of the U.S. Secret Service and the Israeli Mossad when Angela realizes she's being followed, and Q learns the secret about Angela's real mother--a former Secret Service agent who was supposedly killed by a terrorist group. But who are the good guys and who are the bad guys"--Cover, P. [4]. (grades 5-8)
STORM : the Infinity Code by E.L. Young. 2008. In London, the teenaged geniuses of STORM, a secret organization dedicated to eliminating the world's misery through science and technology, uncover plans for a deadly weapon and race to find and dismantle it, then confront the corrupt scientist behind the scheme. (grades 5-8)
The lab Jack Heath. 2008. "Meet a sixteen-year-old superhuman: Agent Six of Hearts. He's the strongest, most effective agent in the Deck, a team of special agents fighting to uphold justice in a completely corrupt world. Six would be invincible...if not for a deadly secret. He is the product of an illegal experiment by the Lab--a ruthless division of the corporation that controls his world. When the Deck begins to investigate the Lab, Six walks a tightrope between his two worlds, trying to keep his origin secret. But then he meets Kyntak, a boy whose past equals his own."--dust cover flap. (grades 5-8)
Live and let shop Michael P. Spradlin. 2005. 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. (grades 6-9)
{N.E.R.D.S. [National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society [sound recording] : by Michael Buckley. 2009.
N.E.R.D.S. [National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society [sound recording] : by Michael Buckley. 2009.
NERDS National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society [electronic resource] : Michael Buckley.
2009. (A copy of the book is on oder!)} While running a spy network from their elementary school, five unpopular misfits combine their talents and use cutting-edge gadgetry to fight evil around the world. (grades 4-7)
Remote man Elizabeth Honey. 2000. Thirteen-year-old Ned and his depressed mother leave Australia for a rest in America, but he is soon on the trail of international smugglers of exotic animals, with help from his Internet friends. (grades 6-8)
The secret science alliance and the copycat crook [created, written & drawn by] Eleanor Davis.
2009. Eleven-year-old Julian Calendar thought changing schools would mean leaving his "nerdy" persona behind, but instead he forms an alliance with fellow inventors Greta and Ben and works with them to prevent an adult from using one of their gadgets for nefarious purposes. (grades 4-6)
The Shadow Project Herbie Brennan. 2010. 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. (grades 6-9)
{Alex Rider Operation Stormbreaker [videorecording] : The Weinstein Company ; Isle of Man Film. 2006.
Alex Rider Operation Stormbreaker [videorecording] : the Weinstein Company ; Isle of Man Film. 2006.} Alex Rider has been trained since birth for a career as a spy. It's not until his beloved uncle, Ian Rider, dies that Alex learns of his intended purpose in life. At just 14, Alex is not sure he can do all that is required of a super spy. Without much choice he is taken under the wing of Britain's secret intelligence service. The Special Operations Division of the MI6 sends Alex on a mission which could save or cost millions their lives. As Alex embarks on his greatest challenge yet, he learns all is not as it seems. Equipped with super spy training, Alex is prepared to deal with whatever comes his way. (rated PG) (grades 6-9)
Point blank : [the graphic novel] Anthony Horowitz ; adapted by Antony Johnston ; illustrated. 2007. Alex Rider, teenage superspy, infiltrates the mysterious Point Blanc Academy, armed with only a false ID and a set of disguised gadgets. Can he alert the world to what he finds out before it's too late? (grades 6-9)
{Stormbreaker Anthony Horowitz. 2001.
Stormbreaker [sound recording] / Anthony Horowitz. 2001.
Stormbreaker Anthony Horowitz. 2006.
Stormbreaker [sound recording] / Anthony Horowitz. 2001.
Stormbreaker : [the graphic novel] Anthony Horowitz ; adapted by Antony Johnston ; illustrated 2006.} After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency, MI6. (grades 6-9)
{Sure fire Jack Higgins with Justin Richards. 2007.
Sure fire Jack Higgins with Justin Richards. 2008.} Resentful of having to go and live with their estranged father after the death of their mother, fifteen-year-old twins, Rich and Jade, soon find they have more complicated problems when their father is kidnapped and their attempts to rescue him involve them in an extremely dangerous international plot to control the world's oil. (grades 6-9)
