Alex Rider Series. This kid is a spy for the British government, but he just wants to be a regular kid. However, he is from a family of spies and he begins to suspect that his guardian uncle was training him to become a spy just like the Alex's uncle and father.
From the card catalog:
"While working with the Australian Secret Service on a dangerous mission, teenaged spy Alex Rider uncovers information about his parents."
Dough Boy by Peter Marino Overweight, fifteen-year-old Tristan, who lives happily with his divorced mother and her boyfriend Frank, suddenly finds that he must deal with intensified criticism about his weight and other aspects of his life when Frank's popular but troubled, daughter arrives to live with them.
Eleventh Grade Burns by Heather Brewer Vladimir Tod, a teenage half-vampire, approaches Dorian, a powerful vampire, in search of help, and when Joss returns to Bathory with orders from the Slayer Society to eliminate his former friend, Vlad is forced to use all of his skills to survive his junior year of high school.
Archer's Quest combines Asian mysticism with fantasy historic time travel--hey is that a new genre? I enjoyed this book by Linda Sue Park: "Twelve-year-old Kevin Kim helps Chu-mong, a legendary king of ancient Korea, return to his own time. "
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