The Diamond Brothers mysteries   by Anthony Horowitz
In The Falcon’s Malteser, thirteen-year-old Nick scampers to solve the mystery while also trying to stay one step ahead of an assortment of thugs, after his older brother, a fledgling private detective, agrees to safeguard a package for a dwarf who does not live long. Other Diamond Brothers mysteries include: Public Enemy Number Two and Three of Diamonds.

The Artemis Fowl books   by Eoin Colfer
In the first Artemis Fowl book, a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold. But the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.

Spy High series by A.J. Butcher
As students at a special high school that trains them to be secret agents, six teenagers struggle to complete the training exercises as a team before being sent out into the field to sink or swim.

The Maze by Will Hobbs
Rick, a fourteen-year-old foster child, escapes from a juvenile detention facility near Las Vegas and travels to Canyonlands National Park in Utah where he meets a bird biologist working on a project to reintroduce condors to the wild. All goes well until two mysterious men appear who will do anything to stop the condor project, even kill.

The Trouble with Lemons  by Daniel Hayes
Tyler, an 8th grade misfit, discovers a dead body and works to uncover the mystery behind it.

Spy X books by Peter Lerangis
Andrew and Evie’s mom, a spy working for a secret organization, disappears. Just when they were beginning to lose hope of ever seeing her again, they received a package from her, full of cryptic messages, sending them on a dangerous mission as they struggle to find out whom to trust.

On the Run series   by Gordon Korman
Aidan and Meg Falconer are their parents' only hope. The Falconers are facing life in prison -- unless Aidan and Meg can follow a trail of clues to prove their innocence.

The Merchant of Death  by D.J. MacHale
Fourteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon is asked to help his uncle on a dangerous mission. When he agrees, he is swept off to an alternate dimension known as Denduron, a territory inhabited by strange beings, and ruled by a magical tyrant.

Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment   by James Patterson
After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the "birdkids," who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and must use their brains and their combat skills to get her back.

The Lightning Thief   by Rick Riordan
After being attacked, twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends learn to fight, and set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.

Dragon and Thief   by Timothy Zahn
Fourteen-year old orphan Jack Morgan is hiding out in a spaceship. Falsely accused of a crime, he escapes to a remote and uninhabited planet – uninhabited until another spaceship crashes, leaving one lethal survivor.

                                                                                     June 2005 sck