'H.I.V.E.' series by Mark Walden

The top secret "Higher Institute for Villainous Education (H.I.V.E.)" is not your average school.  Set underneath a volcano deep in the ocean, it trains brilliant teenagers to become criminal masterminds.  Otto Malpense is the 13 year old protagonist endeavouring to escape from  this school with his new found friends, but they must outwit the evil headmaster, Dr. Nero and his colleagues.  The plot revolves around Otto's plans and reveals a teenage boy with a great sense of humour along with a cunning range of combat strategies for fighting the bad guys. This action - adventure genre will make you want to read the whole series, which we have in the MS Library!Click here for author website
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'I AM NUMBER FOUR' by Pittacus Lore

Action/Science-Fiction genre with a hint of romance for the hero, this novel will grip you till the end.  The cover says it all - with a teenage hero ready to conquer his super human enemies.  Set in America, the series has lead characters from all over the globe. John Smith is easy a likable protagonist and we get to know his inner-most thoughts whilst he weighs up how to carry out the next steps in his strategy to stay alive and conquer the bad guys from an ancient rival planet, as they seek to take over Earth. There's some complicated background to the plot, which is made clearer as the novel progresses. We are eagerly awaiting the sequel, 'The Power of Six' and will let you know when it arrives in our library.

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'JIMMY COATES - KILLER' by Joe Craig

This action-thriller genre series was made for middle school boys!  It features an 11 year old, Jimmy, who is shocked to suddenly discover he was designed as a political assassin, with super human powers. Set in London, one minute Jimmy is at home fighting with his sister and the next he is forced to escape from sinister men in black suits who abduct his family and continue to relentlessly hunt him down. Jimmy has a cool sense of humour as he tries to work out what has turned his life upside whilst jumping in and out of helicopters, leaping over high walls and hitting out with a mean punch... check it out!   

'TRUANCY ORIGINS' by Isamu Fukui

 

This is the prequel to the main novel, 'Truancy' and Mrs Stanley predicts that this could be made into a movie one day!   Set in the future, it's an eerie, action packed example of the  'dystopian' genre (where a society has been totally controlled by the leaders - for those of you who have read 'The Giver'), so a haunting and bleak mood creates an air of suspense.  The protagonists will appeal to both boys and girls, as for each main male character, there's a girl mysteriously linked in as a side character.  Dramatic and unpredictable, the plot begins with twin brothers rebelling against the cruel education system which controls and manipulates children. One brother breaks away and builds a youth army of 'truants'; hence the title of the book; and forms the rebellion against the education system.  There's a twist in the story when the brothers start fighting against each other as well as against the 'bad guys'. If you like brilliant tactical fight scenes and cunning battle strategies then read this book! 

The author, Isamu Fukui wrote 'Truancy' when he was 15 years old during high school. Stay tuned for news about the arrival of the next books in this series.  Click here for the novel website

'THE PHOENIX FILES' by Chris Morphew

'The Phoenix Files' adventure genre series is written by a young Australian author, Chris Mophew. Students who have read all three that are stocked in our library, are eagerly awaiting the fourth episode.  Each novel is told from the point of view of one of the main characters (so girls will also be reading this action packed adventure mystery book).

Set in contemporary Australia, plot revolves around three young teenagers who have started at a new school when their parents are relocated to new jobs in a small, new town, in the middle of nowhere.   When the protagonists discover they cannot make contact beyond the town, the reader is caught up in a world of suspense as the teenagers seek to solve the mysteries that keep cropping up, and we wonder if they will survive the horrors that lie beneath this new place.
Here's an extract to get you interested....

"The end of the world is one of those things that you never really expect to end up being YOUR problem. Not that I used to spend much time thinking about that kind of stuff. But if I had, I would've thought it was pretty safe to assume that saving the planet would be someone else's job."

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