Adventure and Spy (YA)

If you like your books with lots of action then this is the list for you: this is a selection of spy, action, adventure and survival stories from our YA (young adult) collections.

Updated June 19, 2024
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Foul Lady Fortune
Gong, Chloe
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'An electrifying, swashbuckling tale' CASSANDRA CLARE 'Amazing, show-stopping, spectacular' XIRAN JAY ZHAO 'A dark delight' RENEE AHDIEH An ill-matched pair of spies pose as a couple...

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Silverfin
Higson, Charles
Paper Book
The first explosive book in Charlie Higson's bestselling Young Bond series. Before the name became a legend. Before the boy became a man. Meet Bond. James Bond. There's something in the water at Loch Silverfin. Something deadly. Something that must be kept secret... ...
Stormbreaker
Horowitz, Anthony
Paper Book
The first book in the number one bestselling Alex Rider series. In the first book in the number one bestselling Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz, fourteen-year-old Alex is forcibly recruited into MI6. Armed with secret gadgets, he is sent to investigate Herod Sayle, a man...
Stars and smoke
Lu, Marie
Paper Book
*A brand-new book from bestselling author of the Legend series, Marie Lu!* 'A propulsive and thrilling joyride from start to finish . . . . I haven't smiled through a mystery like this since Knives Out.' Adam Silvera, author of They Both Die at the End<...
The call
O? Guilin, Peadar
Paper Book
What if you only had three minutes to save your life and the clock is already counting down. Three minutes: you wake up alone in a horrible land. A horn sounds. You realize youve been Called. Two minutes: they're getting closer and despite all your training youre exhausted, you can't see anywhere to...
The loop
Oliver, Ben (Science fiction writer)
Paper Book
  Book 1 in a dark, twisty and totally unputdownable YA series - perfect for fans of THE HUNGER GAMES and THE MAZE RUNNER. 'A terrifying and sinister look into the future that will leave your jaw on the floor.'KASS MORGAN, New York Times bestselling author of THE 100 ...
Hawk
Patterson, James
Paper Book
Maximum Ride lost her fight to save the world. But from the ashes of the old world, a phoenix has risen... she calls herself Hawk. Hawk doesn't know her real name. She doesn't know who her parents were, or where they went. The only thing she remembers is that they told to...
Siege
Ryan, Chris
Paper Book
From the bestselling author of STRIKE BACK, Chris Ryan returns with a new action-packed series. Tough enough? Smart enough? Max will require all his skills just to stay alive as a Special Forces Cadet...
I must betray you
Sepetys, Ruta
Paper Book
Trapped by an evil dictatorship, will Cristian be forced to betray his family or will he risk everything he loves to resist? A powerful, heart-breaking thriller based on real events. *Winner of the Yoto Carnegie Shadowers' Choice Medal for Writing 2023*
Dry
Shusterman, Neal
Paper Book
When the California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, one teen is forced to make life and death decisions in this harrowing story of survival from New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman.The drought - or the Tap-Out, as everyone calls it - has been going...
The outlaws Scarlett & Browne : being an account of their daring exploits and audacious crimes
Stroud, Jonathan
Paper Book
Bite risk
Wills, S. J. (Children's author)
Paper Book
When everyone's a vicious beast, it's hard to spot the monsters . . .  Beware of the Turned in the first book in a blockbuster teen horror for fans of Skulduggery Pleasant and Stranger Things. 'A riotously absorbing horror...
Fable
Young, Adrienne
Paper Book
Age range 12+  Filled with all of the action, emotion, and lyrical writing that brought readers to Sky in the Deep, New York Times bestselling author Adrienne Young returns with a new captivating duology. Welcome to a world made dangerous by the sea...
Boy Nobody : a novel
Zadoff, Allen.
Paper Book

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