Saturday, July 19, 2014

Secret Codes and Decoder Rings

I am fascinated by stories of spies and their missions.  This week I thought I would share some great spy stories for kids . . .

Shadow on the Mountain by Margi Preus
In Nazi-occupied Norway, fourteen-year-old Espen joins the resistance movement, graduating from deliverer of illegal newspapers to courier and spy.

Spy School by Stuart Gibbs
Twelve-year-old Ben Ripley leaves his public middle school to attend the CIA's highly secretive Espionage Academy, which everyone is told is an elite science school.

The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur G. Slade
In Victorian London, fourteen-year-old Modo, a shape-changing hunchback, becomes a secret agent for the Permanent Association, which strives to protect the world from the evil machinations of the Clockwork Guild.

STORM: The Infinity Code by E.L. Young
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.

Thunder Raker by Justin Richards
Follows the misadventures of an ordinary boy, Alfie at an extraordinary school for young spies.

More Spy Stories --
Andrew North Blows Up the World by Adam Selzer
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
 Lulu's Mysterious Mission by Judith Viorst
Owen Foote, Super Spy by Stephanie Greene
Shakespeare's Spy by Gary Blackwood

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