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The Books That Came in From the Cold: Spies Real and Fictional --selected by Cindy Welch There are spooks and then there are spooks. This month's dozens looks beyond the traditional Halloween versions to the sometimes scarier ones in the espionage game, where they often employ the latest gadgets - not to mention nerves of steel - to stop criminal masterminds and prevent international intrigue. Who will save the world today?

• Allen, Thomas B. George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War; illus. by Cheryl Harness. National Geographic, 2004. Gr. 6-10
  From charts of actual spies to the code used by the network, here is the story of George Washington's hidden army. (BCCB 4/04)
• Bell, Hilari. The Wizard Test. Eos/HarperCollins, 2005. Gr. 5-8
  Fourteen-year-old Dayven, who initially wanted to refuse magical training, is asked to spy on the wizard instructors. (BCCB 2/05)
• Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker. For Freedom: The Story of a French Spy. Delacorte, 2003 Gr. 6-9
  Suzanne David, a real-life French opera singer, becomes an agent for the French Resistance and carries messages as well as songs during her travels through WWII France. (BCCB 7/03)
• Butcher, A. J. Spy High: Mission One. Little, 2004. Gr. 6-10
  When complications arise during a team-building camping trip, the feuding Bond team from Deveraux Academy (aka Spy High) finds working together may save their lives. (BCCB 6/04)
• Coleman, Janet Wyman. Secrets, Lies, Gizmos and Spies: A History of Spies and Espionage. Abrams, 2006. Gr. 6-10
  Learn about spies and the tools of their trade, from the Trojan Horse to movie gadgets used by imaginary spies James Bond and Austin Powers. (BCCB 11/06)
• Horowitz, Anthony. Stormbreaker. Philomel, 2001. Gr. 6-9
  When Alex Rider's uncle Ian is murdered, Ian Rider's employer - who turns out to be British intelligence agency MI-6 - asks fourteen-year-old Alex to complete his uncle's final mission. (BCCB 9/01)
• Janeczko, Paul B. Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers, and Secret Writing; illus. by Jenna LaReau. Candlewick, 2004. Gr. 4-8
  Readers can assemble a spy toolkit, create and decipher different codes, and discover a short history of the art of secret writing. (BCCB 5/04)
• Newcomb, Rain. The Master Spy Handbook: Help Our Intrepid Hero Use Gadgets, Codes & Top-Secret Tactics to Save the World from Evildoers; illus. by Jason Chin. Lark/Sterling, 2005. Gr. 4-7
  Morse codes, signal bracelets and the perfect periscope are only a few of the strategies and tools created by Agent O (and the reader), as O chases criminal mastermind Felicia. (BCCB 1/06)
• Pierce, Tamora. Trickster's Queen. Random House, 2004. Gr. 6-9
  In a tale started in Trickster's Choice (BCCB 11/03), seventeen-year-old Aly Homewood becomes spymaster for the raka people as they attempt to overthrow the Rittevon line. (BCCB 10/04)
• Rinaldi, Ann. Girl in Blue. Scholastic, 2001. Gr. 6-9
  Sarah Louise Wheelock chooses war over an arranged marriage, running off in male garb to join the Union army, where she is unmasked and sent to work instead for the Pinkerton Detective Agency. (BCCB 6/01)
• Simmons, Michael. The Rise of Lubchenko. Razorbill, 2006. Gr. 7-10
  High school student and unlikely counter-terrorist Evan Macalister, whose earlier exploits are detailed in Finding Lubchenko (BCCB 7/05), jets off to save the day when he gets a tip that his father's business partner is looking to sell smallpox on the black market. (BCCB 9/06)
• Spradlin, Michael P. Spy Goddess: Live and Let Shop. HarperCollins, 2005. Gr. 6-9
  Rachel Buchanan is arrested for grand theft auto and is given a choice between Blackthorn Academy and juvenile hall, but Blackthorn is no ordinary school. (BCCB 3/05)
• Updale, Eleanor. Montmorency on the Rocks: Doctor, Aristocrat, Murderer? Orchard, 2005. Gr. 6-10
  When master-thief Scarper created his alter ego, the English gentleman Montmorency (in Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman?, BCCB 4/04), he little imagined his next adventure would involve helping a government spy. (BCCB 5/05)

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