A riveting spy story with deep themes, Ashika Hira

Katipo Joe: Wolf’s Lair
Brian Falkner
Scholastic
2022

 

 

 

 

 

July 22, 2022

Joe is back at it again, still deep undercover as Jürgen Weyl, in Brain Falkner’s third and final book in the Katipo Joe series. Published in 2022 by Scholastic, we join Joseph St George again, this time with even more danger and secrecy. This is the closest that any British spy has gotten to Hitler, and Joe must work hard to maintain this cover, but it won’t be easy! Although Joe has friends who know who he is, that just means there is more of a chance to get discovered.  Read more

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A daring story about a smart problem solver, Sana Sharma

Cassie Clark: Outlaw
Brian Falkner
OneTree House
Pub. 2018

 

 

 

May 3, 2022

Cassie Cark: Outlaw by Brian Falkner is an action-packed, thrilling book about a young girl on the road to finding her father.

Written from the perspective of Cassie Clark, the story begins in the hospital where she has just recovered from a hit and run. She hears on the news that her father has mysteriously disappeared, supposedly with a news reporter, and is shocked. She does not believe this – she cannot believe this.

Cassie, an eighteen year old girl, is really smart and prides herself on solving problems and reading people.  Read more

May, 2022 Melissa Scroll down to see reviews submitted by YA readers: , , , ,

An action-packed novel with strong relationships, Belle Warner

Cassie Clark: Outlaw
Brian Falkner
OneTree House
Pub. 2018

 

April 07, 2022

Cassie Clark: Outlaw, written by Brian Falkner, is an action-packed novel full of shocking plot twists and exciting thrills. This book is about a teenage girl on a mission to find her father, a prominent figure in the government, who has disappeared. The newspapers say he ran off with a news reporter, but Cassie will not, cannot believe it. She follows leads around the country, brushing with death on multiple accounts. Above anything, this journey tests her judgement, her courage, her strength, and her loyalty as a daughter and a friend.  Read more

April, 2022 Tanya Prince Scroll down to see reviews submitted by YA readers:

An emotional rollercoaster filled with suspense, Savarna Yang


Katipo Joe: Wolf’s Lair
Brian Falkner
Scholastic
Pub. 2022

 

March 29, 2022

It’s 1941. World War Two is raging and Germany has taken over almost all of Western Europe. Russia still stands, but Germany plans to invade any day.

Now Hitler’s unofficial heir, Joe St George is still in Berchtesgaden – a small town in the Bavarian Alps. His previous mission of infiltrating an elite Hitler Youth programme is complete, and he’s become a part of Hitler’s trusted inner circle. But unlike the rest of this select group, he’s a spy. And not Hitler’s spy. He’s a spy for MI5.  Read more

March, 2022 Tanya Prince Scroll down to see reviews submitted by YA readers: , , , , , ,

Thrilling story of betrayal and unexpected romance, Savarna Yang


Katipo Joe: Spycraft
Brian Falkner
Scholastic
Pub. 2021

 

June 24, 2021

“There were times during the war when I lost myself… I risked becoming the person I was playing, and that person was a Nazi.”

Joseph (Joe) St George is 15 years old. A schoolboy. But unlike most schoolboys, he also happens to be a spy for MI5.

It’s the middle of World War Two and he has just found out he is being sent on a mission. He’s told that his mother, also a spy, has gone missing in Germany and that he has to rescue her.

Joe is parachuted into Germany and makes his way to a rendezvous with an accomplice.  Read more

June, 2021 Tanya Prince Scroll down to see reviews submitted by YA readers: ,

A fast-paced life of mystery, Hannah Hogan

Cassie Clark: Outlaw
Brian Falkner
OneTree House
pub 2018

 

September 16, 2020

Cassie Clark: Outlaw by Brian Falkner is a fast-paced adventurous mystery novel set in America. It’s about a teenager, Cassie, who is a brave and fiercely independent character whose curiosity often gets her into trouble. Her father is the speaker of the house third in line for the presidency. This means that she and her family gain the rights to their own bodyguard.

Cassie’s is Cam, a young and reliable bodyguard who has formed a bond with Cassie over the years that he has protected her. He is her closest friend and the person she trusts most in a world where she can supposedly trust no one.  Read more

September, 2020 Tanya Prince Scroll down to see reviews submitted by YA readers:

Intense and exhilarating, Meilani Payne

Shooting Stars
Brian Falkner
Scholastic
2016

 

Imagine you have no wifi, no technology, and rely entirely and solely on the forest, for your source of food, water and even how you bathe. This was the life of Egan Tucker: bathing in waterfalls, living in the bush and hunting for food, this was his reality. Nevertheless, he is a normal human being. Egan lives with his mother, who brought him to the forest when he was but a baby. Egan, growing up, was very determined and wanted nothing but to protect his mother. His mother had told him about the outside world and so he had begun to live in fear of it.  Read more

August, 2018 Info Scroll down to see reviews submitted by YA readers: , , ,

Rewriting history, Oscar Cherian

Battlesaurus 

Brian Falkner
Square Fish
2015

 

Battlesaurus, written by author Brian Falkner, is an alternate history book focusing on a teenage boy named Willem, living in the French town of Gaillemarde, during the events surrounding the famous Battle of Waterloo in 1815. The alternate part of the history is the fact that dinosaurs, here known simply as “Saurs”, are alive and well on the European continent. But rather than being fearsome giants, they are treated as merely wild animals, because none found so far are much larger than a raptor. That all changes, however, as Napoleon Bonaparte, the exiled French emperor, has found himself in possession of a larger and much, much more dangerous Saur, a secret weapon which he intends to unleash during the Battle of Waterloo and claim victory.  Read more

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