This booklist was contributed by Appleton Public Library Reference and Information Services Staff, 4/08
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The kindling(2002)Book 1
In 2007, a small band of children have joined together in a Florida town, trying to survive in a world where it seems that all the adults have been killed off by a catastrophic virus.
The keepers of the flames(2002)Book 2
After a virus destroys most of the world's adult population, a group of children are delighted to discover a colony of adult survivors in a Florida shopping mall but soon find that they are not as friendly as they appear.
The kiln(2003)Book 3
After a virus destroys most of the world's adult popoulation, a band of children travels in search of an explanation for the dark mystery that forms the heart of their existence.
Tom Clancy's Net force(1999)Book 1
Just in time for the ABC television event! Here comes a first: a new series of novels for young adults starring a team of troubleshooting teens--the Net Force Explorers--that knows more about cutting-edge technology than its teachers! The year is 2010, computers are superpowers. Those who control them, control the world. To enforce the Net Laws, Congress creates the ultimate computer security agency within the FBI: Net Force. When the director of Net Force is assassinated, Deputy Director Alex Michaels is thrust into one of the most powerful and dangerous positions in the world.
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Tom Clancy's Net Force. Hidden agendas(1999)Book 2
The Net Force computer security agency goes into action when someone with access to highly classified information begins to post top-secret data on the Internet, while, at the same time, a lethal computer virus is wreaking havoc on the federal financial systems.
Tom Clancy's Net Force. Night moves(2000)Book 3
In the year 2010, the Net Force, the computer security agency within the FBI, must track down a deadly hacker capable of cracking every computer code in the world.
Artemis Fowl(2001)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.
The Arctic incident(2002)Sequel to Artemis Fowl
A New York Times Bestseller. The world's youngest, brightest, and most dangerous criminal mastermind is back. Artemis is at boarding school in Ireland when he suddenly receives an urgent video e-mail from Russia, with a plea from a man who has been kidnapped by the Russian Mafia. An Accelerated Reader title for ages 12 and up.
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Artemis Fowl : the eternity code(2003)Sequel to The Arctic Incident
After Artemis uses stolen fairy technology to create a powerful microcomputer and it is snatched by a dangerous American businessman, Artemis, Juliet, Mulch, and the fairies join forces to try to retrieve it.
Lionboy(2004)Book 1 Lionboy
In the near future, a boy with the ability to speak the language of cats sets out from London to seek his kidnapped parents and finds himself on a Paris-bound circus ship learning to train lions.
The chase(2004)Book 2 Lionboy
After saving the lions from evil Maccomo, Charlie, a boy with the ability to speak the language of cats, goes to Venice to search for his parents and solve the mystery of their kidnapping with help from Bulgarian King Boris.
The truth(2005)Book 3 Lionboy
At the end of LIONBOY: THE CHASE Charlie Ashanti has restored the lions to their home in the wilds of Morocco and been reunited in the port town of Essaouira with his parents, Magdalen and Aneba. But just as Charlie is beginning to think that his adventures might be over, who should reappear but the nasty lion-tamer Maccomo and the raffish Rafi. Before he knows it, Charlie has been kidnapped once again and is in the hold of a ship bound he knows not where. All is not lost, however. Eventually the entire cast of the LIONBOY trilogy find themselves on a Caribbean island, the home of the sinister Corporacy. Can Charlie bring the story to a triumphant conclusion by vanquishing the Corporacy and ridding the world of its nefarious schemes?Syndetic
Stormbreaker(2001)After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency, MI6.
Point blank(2001)Sequel to Stormbreaker
Fourteen-year-old Alex continues his work as a spy for the British M16, investigating an exclusive school for boys in the French Alps.
Skeleton Key(2003)Sequel to Point Blank
Reluctant teenage-spy Alex Rider, on a routine mission at the Wimbledon tennis championships, gets caught up in Chinese gangs, illegal nuclear weapons, and the suspect plans of his Russian host, General Sarov.
The wreckers(1998)Book 1
Shipwrecked after a vicious storm, fourteen-year-old John Spencer attempts to save his father and himself while also dealing with an evil secret about the English coastal town where they are stranded.
The Smugglers(1999)Book 2
In eighteenth-century England, after his father buys a schooner called the Dragon, sixteen-year-old John sets out to sail it from Kent to London and becomes involved in a dangerous smuggling scheme.
The buccaneers(2001)Book 3
In the eighteenth century sixteen-year-old John Spencer sails from England in his schooner, the Dragon, to the Caribbean, where he and the crew encounter pirates, fierce storms, fever, and a strange man who some fear may be cursed.
Operation Red Jericho(2005)Book 1 Guild of Specialists
The posthumous papers of Rebecca MacKenzie document her adventures, along with her brother Doug, in 1920s China as the teenaged siblings are sent to live aboard their uncle's ship where they become involved in the dangerous activities of a mysterious secret society called the Honourable Guild of Specialists.
Operation typhoon shore(2006)Book 2 Guild of Specialists
In the spring of 1920, teenaged siblings Rebecca and Doug MacKenzie continue their adventures on their uncle's ship, sailing through a typhoon into the Celebes Sea in pursuit of a missing "gyrolabe" which may be connected to the disappearance of their parents.
The wind singer(2000)Book 1 The Wind on Fire
After Kestrel Hath rebels against the stifling rules of Amaranth society and is forced to flee, she, along with her twin brother and a tagalong classmate, follow an ancient map in quest of the legendary silver voice of the wind singer, in an attempt to heal Amaranth and its people.
Slaves of the Mastery(2001)Book 2 The Wind on Fire
Fifteen-year-old Bowman uses his newly-discovered powers to join with his twin sister Kestrel in an attempt to liberate their people from the "beautiful but cruel" civilization which has enslaved them.
Firesong: an adventure(2002)Book 3 The Wind on Fire
Having saved their family and the rest of the Manth people from slavery, twins Bowman and Kestrel are free to seek their promised land.
The angel experiment(2006)Book 1 Maximum Ride
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 find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose.
School's out-- forever(2006)Book 2 Maximum Ride
After a short stay with an FBI agent who gives them a chance to attend school and live a normal life, the six genetically-altered, winged youths head toward Florida and Max's ultimate destiny--to save the world, whether she wants to or not.
Saving the world and other extreme sports(2007)Book 3 maximum Ride
The time has come for Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel to face their ultimate enemy and, despite many obstacles, try to save the world from a sinister plan to re-engineer a select population into a scientifically superior master race.
Hatchet(1999)After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.
The River(2001)Sequel to Hatchet
Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days, fifteen-year-old Brian, profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scientists learn more about the psychology of survival.
Wolf brother(2004)Book 1 The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness
6,000 years in the past, twelve-year-old Tarak and his guide, a wolf cub, set out on a dangerous journey to fulfill an oath the boy made to his dying father--to travel to the Mountain of the World Spirit seeking a way to destroy a demon-possessed bear that threatens all the clans.
Spirit Walker(2006)Book 2 The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness
When a deadly illness begins to afflict the clans, twelve-year-old Torak, with help from Renn and Wolf, embarks on a journey to find a cure.
Soul Eater(2007)Book 3 The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness
When Wolf is taken by the Soul-Eaters, Torak must infiltrate their clan to bring him back.
The golden compass(1995)Book 1
Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.
The subtle knife(1997)Book 2
Lyra finds herself in a shimmering, haunted underworld-Citt̉gazze, where soul-eating Specters stalk the streets and wingbeats of distant angels sound against the sky. But she is not without allies: 12-year-old Will Parry, fleeing for his life after taking another's, has also stumbled into this strange new realm. On a perilous journey from world to world, Lyra and Will discover an object of devastating power. And with every step, they move closer to an even greater threat-and the shattering truth of their own destiny.
The amber spyglass(2000)Book 3
Lyra and Will find themselves at the center of a battle between the forces of the Authority and those gathered by Lyra's father, Lord Asriel.
Keeper of the winds(2006)Book 1 Daughter of Destiny
After the death of her last known relative, Jenna discovers a mysterious board in her attic and learns from Simon, who works for the Vatican, that she is a "Keeper," with powers and a destiny inherited from her grandmother.
Keeper of the waters(2006)Book 2 Daughter of Destiny
Having mastered the power of the Board of Air, Jenna travels with Simon to Jerusalem where they meet Saduj, a local guide who claims to know the whereabouts of the Board of Water, but who may be placing them in grave danger.
Keeper of the flames(2006)Book 3 Daughter of Destiny
With the Boards of Air and Water already in her possession,Jenna and Simon, closely pursued by the evil wizard Peraud, travel to the ancient city of Pompeii following clues to the hiding place of the dangerous and powerful Board of Fire.
Keeper of the earth(2006)Book 4 Daughter of Destiny
After finding the Board of Fire, Jenna and Simon must decipher the clues that will lead them to the Board of Earth before they come face-to-face with a relentless enemy who has coveted the Boards for millennia.