By Kirsten Miller
Bloomsbury Publishing, 2006. 387 pages. YA Fiction.
Ananka Fishbein was just like most other twelve-year-old girls in New York City, that is, until a giant sinkhole leading to a secret underground metropolis opens up in the park next to her apartment. After Ananka discovers the secret world below her feet she becomes swept up in a world of exploration, espionage, and eccentricities. Under the guidance her mysterious new friend, Kiki Strike, and with the help of her trusty all-girl posse, the Irregulars, Ananka is in for the adventure of a lifetime.
If you've ever sat around and thought, "I wonder what would happen if girl scouts inexplicably had military grade training in combat and reconnaissance, and little to no parent supervision" then, boy, do I have a book for you. The first book in the Kiki Strike series delivers a fast-paced, high stakes adventure featuring strong female characters and a spellbinding subterranean world. I had a blast reading this plot driven story, and I would strongly recommend it to anyone who is interested in secret societies, notices things other people fail to see, is an adept people-watcher, enjoys stories about strong female characters, has a no-harm-no-foul concept of crime, scoffs at romance novels, uses their adept makeup and costuming skills to become other people, has toyed with the idea of becoming an art thief, or would relish the opportunity to explore a long-forgotten land.
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Aladdin, 2005. 343 pages. YA Fantasy.
Aladdin, 2005. 343 pages. YA Fantasy.
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By Lauren Child
Candlewick Press, 2012. 383 pages. YA Mystery.
Thirteen-year-old Ruby, a genius code-cracker and daring detective, gets an anonymous call setting a challenge that leads her to the headquarters of Spectrum, a highly secret anti-crime agency that needs her help to crack a code, but soon Ruby uncovers dastardly plans of the Fool's Gold Gang.
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