Anthony Horowitz
Author
Series
Diamond brothers mysteries volume 2
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old Nick is framed for a jewel robbery, he and his brother, the bumbling detective Tim Diamond, attempt to clear his name by capturing the master criminal known as the Fence.
4) The switch
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
1986
Language
English
Description
When wealthy, spoiled, thirteen-year-old Tad Spencer wishes he were someone else, he awakens as Bob Snarby, the uncouth, impoverished son of carnival workers, and as he is drawn into a life of crime he begins to discover truths about himself and his family.
Author
Series
Alex Rider (Graphic novels) volume 5
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"After learning a terrible secret about his father, teen spy Alex Rider travels to Venice to uncover the truth about his past. But the truth lies with a criminal organization known as Scorpia. When he agrees to train as an assassin and is given a target that he knows well, Alex must make a choice: work with MI6 once more or betray everything he believes in"--Amazon.
Author
Series
Diamond brothers mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
p2004, c1986,1995
Language
English
Description
After his older brother, a fledgling private detective, agrees to safeguard a package for a dwarf who does not live long, thirteen-year-old Nick scampers to solve the mystery while also trying to stay one step ahead of an assortment of thugs.
Author
Series
Alex Rider (Graphic novels) volume 3
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
�2009
Language
English
Description
On a routine mission at the Wimbledon tennis championships, reluctant teenage spy Alex Rider gets caught up in Chinese gangs, illegal nuclear weapons, and the suspect plans of his Russian host, General Sarov.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
2011, c2010
Language
English
Description
A collection of five retellings of classic myths and legends featuring a banshee, a gorgon, a dragon, and other mythical creatures. In the cold, dead eyes of the banshee and the hissing, spiiting fangs of the gorgon; in the fiery breath of the dragon and the razor-sharp claws of the sphinx - there is a thirst for blood and a murderous hunger.
Author
Series
Diamond brothers mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
�2005
Language
English
Description
A collection of three Diamond Brothers mysteries in which Tim and Nick bungle their way through a search for a missing philanthropist, find themselves in a Parisian prison, and are stranded on a Scottish island with a murderer.
Author
Series
Groosham Grange series volume 2
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2010, �1999
Language
English
Description
To save Groosham Grange, the strange boarding school he attends where ghosts and ghouls rule the academy and students study witchcraft, David Eliot must win the Unholy Grail, a magical cup awarded to the star pupil.
Author
Series
Alex Rider (Graphic novels) volume 2
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
�2007
Language
English
Description
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?
Author
Series
Diamond brothers mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Nick and his brother, an ineffectual private detective, try to prevent the threatened murder of an international pop star in London at Christmas time.
17) Granny
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In London, England, twelve-year-old Joe discovers that his grandmother is not just physically repulsive and horribly mean, she is also involved in an evil plot against him, but the adults around them fail to see behind her mask.
Author
Series
Alex Rider adventure volume 4
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
After a chance encounter with assassin Yassen Gregorovich in the South of France, teenage spy Alex Rider investigates international pop star and philanthropist Damian Cray, whose new video game venture hides sinister motives involving Air Force One, nuclear missiles, and the international drug trade.
Author
Series
Alex Rider (Graphic novels) volume 1
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Soon to be a major motion picture, this very first Alex Rider adventure, featuring manga-like illustrations, follows a fourteen-year-old boy, who, after the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, is coerced into continuing his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency, MI6.