Action & adventure booklist. Last updated: January 2018
Enjoy action and adventure? When no-one suspects a teenager Chris Bradford Bodyguard series Connor Reeves is a trained bodyguard who is also only 14 years old. Joe Craig Jimmy Coates series Jimmy Coates is part-boy, part-weapon. How did he get these strange powers and who are the mysterious strangers on his trail? Anthony Horowitz Alex Rider series When Alex’s guardian dies, he finds he wasn’t a banker but an agent for M16. Before long, he too is approached by spy masters to join the world of espionage. Sam Hutton Special Agents series Three teenagers help to combat crime working for Police Investigation Command. Andy McNab and Robert Rigby The Boy Soldier series Danny thinks his chances of becoming a soldier are nil because his imprisoned grandfather was a traitor who betrayed the SAS. When he finds out he is free and living under a secret identity he sets out to find him. Robert Muchamore CHERUB series ‘The reason for CHERUB’s existence is simple: adults never suspect that children are spying on them.’ Hodder Children’s Books Chris Ryan Agent 21 series When Zak Darke’s parents are killed in a suspected terrorist attack, he is recruited by a shadowy government agency. Allen Zadoff Boy Nobody series (The Hit, The Mission, The Traitor) A brainwashed teenage assassin finds his attitude changing towards the government organisation that employs him when he gets to know the daughter of his next victim.