Teenage Masterminds
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Artemis Fowl When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll. Sequels: The Arctic Incident, The Eternity Code, The Opal Deception, The Lost Colony, The Time Paradox, The Atlantis Complex. Also make sure to check out the Artemis Fowl Graphic Novel! subjects: Fairies, Kidnapping, Magic, Mothers and Sons, England |
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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks Sophomore Frankie starts dating senior Matthew Livingston, but when he refuses to talk about the all-male secret society that he and his friends belong to, Frankie infiltrates the society in order to enliven their mediocre pranks. subjects: Boarding Schools, Friendship, Interpersonal Relations, Practical Jokes, Clubs, High Schools, Private Schools |
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Evil Genius Child prodigy Cadel Piggot, an antisocial computer hacker, discovers his true identity when he enrolls as a first-year student at an advanced crime academy. Sequel: Genius Squad. subjects: Genius, Identity (Philosophical Concept), Crime, Good and Evil, Schools, Australia |
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Heist Society A group of teenagers uses their combined talents to re-steal several priceless paintings and save fifteen-year-old Kat Bishop's father, himself an international art thief, from a vengeful collector. subjects: Art Thefts, Crime, Swindlers and Swindling, Wealth, New York (State), Europe, England |
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H.I.V.E.: Higher Institute of Villainous Education Swept away to a hidden academy for training budding evil geniuses, Otto, a brilliant orphan, Wing, a sensitive warrior, Laura, a shy computer specialist, and Shelby, an infamous jewel thief, plot to beat the odds and escape the prison known as H.I.V.E. Sequel: The Overlord Protocol. subjects: Genius, Schools, Good and Evil, Artificial Intelligence, Science Fiction |
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I'd Tell You I love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You As a sophomore at a secret spy school and the daughter of a former CIA operative, Cammie is sheltered from "normal teenage life" until she meets a local boy while on a class surveillance mission. Sequel: Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy, Don't Judge a Girl by her Cover. subjects: Spies, Espionage, Boarding Schools, Man-Woman Relationships |
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Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City Life becomes more interesting for Ananka Fishbein when, at the age of twelve, she discovers an underground room in the park across from her New York City apartment and meets a mysterious girl called Kiki Strike who claims that she, too, wants to explore the subterranean world. Sequel: The Empress's Tomb. subjects: Underground Areas, Crime, Identity, New York (N.Y.) |
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The Lab Meet a sixteen-year-old superhuman: Agent Six of Hearts. He's the strongest, most effective agent in the Deck, a team of special agents fighting to uphold justice in a completely corrupt world. Six would be invincible...if not for a deadly secret. He is the product of an illegal experiment by the Lab--a ruthless division of the corporation that controls his world. When the Deck begins to investigate the Lab, Six walks a tightrope between his two worlds, trying to keep his origin secret. But then he meets Kyntak, a boy whose past equals his own. Sequel: Remote Control. subjects: Spy Stories, Corruption, Genetics - Experimental |
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The Poison Apples At an elite Massachusetts boarding school, three fifteen-year-old girls of very different backgrounds discover a common bond and form a club to plot revenge against their evil stepmothers. subjects: Stepmothers, Boarding Schools, Revenge, Best Friends, Massachusetts, Friendship |
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The Shadow Project A young English thief stumbles on, and subsequently is recruited for, a super-secret operation that trains teenagers in remote viewing and astral projection techniques in order to engage in spying. subjects: Psychic Ability, Astral Projection, Spies, England, |
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Thieves Like Us A mysterious benefactor hand-picks a group of teen geniuses to follow a set of clues leading to the secrets of everlasting life, secrets which they must steal and for which they risk being killed. Sequel: Thieves Till We Die. subjects: Adventure and Adventurers, Interpersonal Relations |
List updated June 2010—Patti Cook
