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Author
Series
The war that saved my life volume 01
Language
English
Description
A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother.
2) The recruit
Author
Series
CHERUB novels volume 1
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
James is recruited into CHERUB, a secret division of MI5 which consists of teenage spies. He successfully completes his training and goes on his first mission.
3) The killing
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st Simon Pulse hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
320 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When James is given the mission of digging up leads on Leon, a small-time crook with big money, James unravels a larger plot than expected with the only person who might know the truth being a deceased eighteen-year-old boy.
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
322 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
James, an agent of CHERUB, a top-secret organization staffed by highly-trained but ordinary looking teens, joins his young colleagues in investigating a radical animal protection group that believes it is fine to sacrifice one human to save the lives of many animals.
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st Smion Pulse hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
376 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When CHERUB uncovers a link between eco-terrorist group Help Earth and a wealthy religious cult known as The Survivors, James is sent to their isolatated outback headquarters on an infiltration mission. It's a thousand kilometers to the closest town, and James is under massive pressure from the cult's brainwashing techniques. This time he's not just fighting terrorists...he's got to battle for his own mind." -- from P.4 of cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
107 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
After helping prepare their London home for German bombing raids, young Hettie and her brothers are sent to safety in the countryside, where she strives to keep them connected to each other and their parents.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Cecily and Jeremy have been sent to live with their Uncle Peregrine in the English countryside, safe from the war, along with a young refugee named May. But when Cecily and May find two mysterious boys hiding in the ruins of a nearby castle, an extraordinary adventure begins. "--publishers web site.
9) Mad dogs
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
396 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
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 them. For official purposes, these children do not exist.
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
In World War II England, orphaned siblings William, Edmund, and Anna are evacuated from London to live in the countryside, where they bounce from home to home in search of someone willing to adopt them permanently.
11) The fall
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
333 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
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 critical documents, and gather intel on global threats--all without gadgets or weapons. It is an extremely dangerous job, but these agents have one crucial advantage: Adults never suspect that teens are spying on them.
12) Contagion
Author
Series
Dark matter trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Charlesbridge Teen
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First U.S. edition
Physical Desc
409 pages : maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A scientific experiment goes wrong, and a deadly epidemic sweeps through Scotland. Callie might have survives the disease, but she didn't survive the treatment. She was kidnapped and experimented upon at a secret lab, one that works with antimatter. When she broke free of her prison, she unleashed a wave of destruction. Callie's brother Kai is looking for her, along with his friend Shay, who has been infected and is beginning to change. Now they're...
13) Romeo blue
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
346 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
During World War II, Felicity Bathburn is living in Bottlebay, Maine, with her eccentric relatives and their foster child Derek, whom she has grown to love, but when a man claiming to be Derek's true father arrives and starts asking all sorts of strange questions Felicity becomes suspicious of his motives.
14) City of ghosts
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
285 pages : illustration ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ever since her near-fatal drowning, Cassidy has been able to pull back the "Veil" that separates the living from the dead and see ghosts, not that she wants to, and she was really looking forward to a ghost-free summer at the beach; however her parents are going to start filming a TV series about the world's most haunted places, starting with Edinburgh with its graveyards, castles, and restless phantoms--and Cass and her personal ghost companion,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Max Bretzfeld doesn't want to move to London. Leaving home is hard and Max is alone for the first time in his life. But not for long. Max is surprised to discover that he's been joined by two unexpected traveling companions, one on each shoulder, a kobold and a dybbuk named Berg and Stein. Germany is becoming more and more dangerous for Jewish families, but Max is determined to find a way back home, and back to his parents. He has a plan to return...
16) Lifeboat 12
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1940, a group of British children, their escorts, and some sailors struggle to survive in a lifeboat when the ship taking them to safety in Canada is torpedoed. Includes historical notes.
17) Mac undercover
Author
Series
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
148 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
One day, Mac (smartest boy in his class in a small town in California) receives a telephone call from the Queen of England, recruiting him to find the crown jewels (well, actually just the Coronation Spoon) and so Mac embarks on his first adventure as a secret agent--with the assurance that the Queen will give him a note excusing him from school.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of the Brown Sisters trilogy, comes a laugh-out-loud story about a quirky content creator and a clean-cut athlete testing their abilities to survive the great outdoors--and each other. Bradley Graeme is pretty much perfect. He's a star football player, manages his OCD well (enough), and comes out on top in all his classes . . . except the ones he shares with his ex-best friend, Celine. Celine Bangura is...
Author
Series
Planet Omar volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
212 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Omar and his friends team up to raise money to save his family's favorite mosque, and when the money goes missing, they find the most unlikely culprit."--
Omar is always full of ideas! His family's favorite mosque needs a new roof, and Omar's money-raising plans are brilliant, especially the talent contest at school. It's a huge success, but the next day, the money is missing! Omar needs all of his super-spy creativity to track down the thief....
Author
Series
Planet Omar volume 3
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
238 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Omar is going on his biggest adventure yet--a trip to Pakistan! But his excitement about the trip is interrupted by some shocking news: his amazing teacher is not coming back to school, and no one will say why. When Omar and his friends start investigating, the hints they overhear and clues they find lead them to an alarming conclusion--it must be aliens! Omar has a huge imagination, but saving his teacher from aliens seems far-fetched even to him....
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