Diamonds Are For Never: Crime Travelers Spy School Mystery & International Adventure Series Book 2

Diamonds Are For Never: Crime Travelers Spy School Mystery & International Adventure Series Book 2

This second installment in the <b>international action-packed </b>Crime Travelers Spy School series from <i>Amazon </i>best-selling and award-winning author Paul Aertker is a mind-opening adventure for elementary and middle-grade readers of <b>Gordon Korman, James Patterson, and Stuart Gibbs.</b> <br /><br /> "The Crime Travelers series combines <b>action and adventure</b> with <b>global awareness</b> and <b>smart humor</b>." ClarionRating:5 Stars<br /><br /><b>Lexile</b> Measure: 740L | <b>AR Points</b> from Renaissance Accelerated Reader <b> | Parents, teachers, and librarians</b> will appreciate the worldwide geography and appropriate language for <b>Ages 8 - 14 Grades: 3 - 8</b>| #1 Amazon best-selling series in Children's Travel | <b>300 Geographic References</b> plus illustrative maps! | <b>FUNNY. SMART. ACTION. </b>| DIAMONDS ARE FORE NEVER continues the international excitement of The Crime Travelers Adventure Series | Also available: Book 1: BRAINWASHED & Book 3: PRICELESS <br /><br />When a rogue group of modern-day pirates pushes everything important to the edge of life, Lucas Benes becomes <b>a boy on a mission</b>. <br /><br /> After sabotaging a mass kidnapping in Paris, Lucas Benes faces a new and perilous threat from Siba Gnerro and her anything-but-good Good Company. When a briefcase-toting kid from the Falkland Islands joins the New Resistance Spy School, 14-year-old Lucas learns the truth about his mother and becomes a boy on a mission. <b>Lucas and friends speed in and around Rome--from the Colosseum to the Vatican--until they stowaway on a cargo ship carrying diamonds that could unlock the secret to Lucas's past and destroy the Good Company's future.</b><br /><br />In this action-packed second installment of the Crime Travelers International Spy School Mystery series, author Paul Aertker takes readers on a gripping world tour filled with adrenaline, humor, and pure excitement.<br /><br />Diamonds Are For Never is the second book in this bestselling Crime Travelers collection. The first book in the series, Brainwashed (#1 Amazon Best Selling Children's Travel Books), tracks the secret urban adventures of the New Resistance, a network of international teenage spies. This humorous and exciting middle school series with short chapters is perfect for school reading lists, summer reading, or holiday gifts. <br /><br />Parents, teachers, and librarians will appreciate the worldwide geography and appropriate language for ages 9 - 14.<br /><br /><i>"I am a 5th-grade teacher, and this "spy school" series has exciting international plots, interesting characters, great <b>hidden geography lessons</b>, and short chapters that keep the pages turning for middle-grade readers. Perfect for summer reading lists."</i> <br /><br /><i>"If you liked <b>Alex Rider</b>, you'll love Crime Travelers."</i><br /><br /><i>"This middle-grade series reads <b>like the Bourne Identity, but for kids</b>."</i>