THE EXPLOSIVE BEGINNING TO THE CRIME TRAVELERS SERIES | ALSO NOW AVAILABLE: BOOK 2--DIAMONDS ARE FOR NEVER | Both books Ages 9 - 14 This is a squeaky-clean international spy series for kids.
While sleeping on the roof of his father's hotel, thirteen-year-old Lucas Benes finds a baby alone and learns that the Good Company has restarted its profitable brainwashing business. Brainwashed (Crime Travelers #1) tracks the secret urban adventures of the New Resistance, a network of international teenage spies. Lucas leads a group of friends through the hotspots of Paris-- from the catacombs to the Eiffel tower--in an all-out effort to sabotage a brainwashing ceremony that could potentially turn them all into Good kids. ? This funny and exciting middle school series with short chapters is perfect for summer reading lists. The underlying theme of the series is self-reliance in adverse international settings. ?Parents, teachers, and librarians will appreciate the worldwide geography and appropriate language for ages 9 - 14.