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  Skulduggery Pleasant: Book 4

  Dark Days

  by Derek Landy

  What can we say, without giving too much away? Not much, is the answer. This hilarious, tense tale with eye-popping action is full of the crackling one liners and imaginative set pieces you've come to expect. There's a new threat to our plucky heroine, of course. But that's not all. There's also the little fact of the Big Bad, the uber-baddy who's going to come along and really, really destroy the world..
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  Skulduggery Pleasant: Book 2

  Playing with Fire

  by Derek Landy

  The Baron wants to bring back the faceless ones, to do this he plans to bring to life a monster to open a porta. Stephanie Edgerly, now Valkyrie Cain, is able, finally, to control fire!
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  Skulduggery Pleasant: Book 3

  The Faceless Ones

  by Derek Landy

  Valkyrie screamed, sprinting toward Skulduggery. He looked up and reached out to her, but it was too late. f you've read the other Skulduggery books by Derek Landy (and you really should have read them by now), you've seen it all before: Some bad guy wants to bring about the end of the world, and Skulduggery and Valkyrie fight valiantly to stop it from happening. A few people get hurt, sure, but... (more)
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  CHERUB: Book 3

  Maximum Security

  by Robert Muchamore

  CHERUB agents are all seventeen and under. They wear skate tees and hemp, and look like regular kids. But they're not. They are trained professionals who are sent out on missions to spy on terrorists and international drug dealers. CHERUB agents hack into computers, bug entire houses, and download crucial documents. It is a highly dangerous job. For their safety, these agents DO NOT EXIST.Two hundred and... (more)
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  CHERUB: Book 1

  The Recruit

  by Robert Muchamore

  CHERUB agents are all seventeen and under. They wear skate tees and hemp, and look like regular kids. But they're not. They are trained professionals who are sent out on missions to spy on terrorists and international drug dealers. CHERUB agents hack into computers, bug entire houses, and download crucial documents. It is a highly dangerous job. For their safety, these agents DO NOT EXIST.James is the... (more)
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  CHERUB: Book 2

  The Dealer

  by Robert Muchamore

  Also published as "Class A".CHERUB agents are highly trained, extremely talented--and all under the age of seventeen. For official purposes, these agents do not exist. They are sent out on missions to spy on terrorists, hack into crucial documents, and gather intel on global threats -- all without gadgets or weapons. It is an extremely dangerous job, but these agents have one critical advantage: adults... (more)
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  CHERUB: Book 7

  The Fall

  by Robert Muchamore

  When an MI5 operation goes disastrously wrong, James Adams needs all of his skills to get out of Russia alive. Meanwhile, his sister Lauren is on her first solo mission, trying to uncover a brutal human trafficking operation. And when James does get home, he finds that his nightmare is just beginning ! CHERUB agents have one crucial advantage: adults never suspect that children are spying on them.
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  Young Bond: Book 1

  Silverfin

  by Charlie Higson

  What does it take to become the greatest secret agent the world has ever known? In this thrilling prequel to the adventures of James Bond, 007, readers meet a young boy whose inquisitive mind and determination set him on a path that will someday take him across the globe, in pursuit of the most dangerous criminals of all time. When we first meet young James, he’s just started boarding school at Eton in the 1930s,... (more)
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  CHERUB: Book 8

  Mad Dogs

  by Robert Muchamore

  The British underworld is controlled by gangs. When two of them start a turf war, violence explodes on to the streets.The police need information fast, and James Adams has the contacts to infiltrate the most dangerous gang of all. He works for CHERUB.Cherubs are trained professionals, aged between ten and seventeen. They exist because criminals never suspect that kids are spying on... (more)
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  CHERUB: Book 9

  The Sleepwalker

  by Robert Muchamore

  In the ninth breathtaking title in the bestselling CHERUB series, James is getting into trouble on campus, while Lauren has an air crash to investigate.
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  CHERUB: Book 5

  Divine Madness

  by Robert Muchamore

  CHERUB agents are all seventeen and under. They wear skate tees and hemp, and look like regular kids. But they're not. They are trained professionals who are sent out on missions to spy on terrorists and international drug dealers. CHERUB agents hack into computers, bug entire houses, and download crucial documents. It is a highly dangerous job. For their safety, these agents DO NOT EXIST. When CHERUB... (more)
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  The Bartimaeus Series: Book 4

  The Ring of Solomon

  by Jonathan Stroud

  Bartimaeus, everyone's favorite (wise-cracking) djinni, is back in book four of this best-selling series. As alluded to in the footnotes throughout the series, Bartimaeus has served hundreds of magicians during his 5,010 year career. Now, for the first time, fans will go back in time with the djinni, to Jerusalem and the court of King Solomon in 950s BC. Only in this adventure, it seems the great Bartimaeus has... (more)
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  The Kane Chronicles: Book 3

  The Serpent's Shadow

  by Rick Riordan

  When young magicians Carter and Sadie Kane learned how to follow the path of the Ancient Egyptian gods, they knew they would have to play an important role in restoring Ma'at--order--to the world. What they didn't know is how chaotic the world would become. The Chaos snake Apophis is loose and threatening to destroy the earth in three day's time. The magicians are divided.The gods are disappearing, and those who... (more)
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  Diamond Brothers Mysteries: Book 1

  The Falcon's Malteser

  by Anthony Horowitz

  When the vertically-challenged Johnny Naples entrusts Tim Diamond with a package worth over three million pounds, he’s making a big mistake. Tim Diamond is the worst detective in the world. Next day, Johnny’s dead, Tim feels the heat, and his smart younger brother, Nick, gets the package—and every crook in town on his back!
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  Septimus Heap: Book 5

  Syren

  by Angie Sage

  This story follows Quest, and narrates how Septimus and his friends get stuck on a deserted island, find a strange girl, stop a war, and finally find their way home.
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  Diamond Brothers Mysteries: Book 5

  The Greek Who Stole Christmas

  by Anthony Horowitz

  Tim Diamond is the worst detective in the world—he couldn’t find his nose with both hands and a road map. Luckily, his younger brother, thirteen-yearold Nick, is the real brains behind the operation! It’s Christmastime, and once again, Tim and Nick are flat broke. Luckily for them, a famous Greek pop singer and movie star, Minerva, has been getting death threats—and they’re the detectives hired to solve the... (more)
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  CHERUB: Book 4

  The Killing

  by Robert Muchamore

  CHERUB agents are all seventeen and under. They wear skate tees and hemp, and look like regular kids. But they're not. They are trained professionals who are sent out on missions to spy on terrorists and international drug dealers. CHERUB agents hack into computers, bug entire houses, and download crucial documents. It is a highly dangerous job. For their safety, these agents DO NOT EXIST.Leon is a... (more)
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  Henderson's Boys: Book 1

  The Escape

  by Robert Muchamore

  Summer, 1940. Hitler's army is advancing towards Paris, and millions of French civilians are on the run. Amidst the chaos, two British children are being hunted by German agents. British spy Charles Henderson tries to reach them first, but he can only do it with the help of a twelve-year-old French orphan. The British secret service is about to discover that kids working undercover will help to win the... (more)
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  Young Bond: Book 5

  By Royal Command

  A James Bond Adventure

  by Charlie Higson

  By Royal Command is the fifth adventure novel in the Young Bond series depicting Ian Fleming's superspy James Bond as a teenager in the 1930s. The novel, written by Charlie Higson, takes place in 1934 and see James at the age of fourteen.
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  CHERUB: Book 6

  Man vs. Beast

  by Robert Muchamore

  CHERUB agents are all seventeen and under. They wear skate tees and hemp, and look like regular kids. But they're not. They are trained professionals who are sent out on missions to spy on terrorists and international drug dealers. CHERUB agents hack into computers, bug entire houses, and download crucial documents. It is a highly dangerous job. For their safety, these agents DO NOT EXIST.Mainstream... (more)