Killing Time in Crystal City

Gypsy Davey

Iceman

Little Blue Lies

Shadow Boxer

The Subtle Knife: His Dark Materials

Theodore Boone: The Abduction

Crispin: The Cross of Lead

A gripping account of espionage and loyalty that Booklist calls “a compact, frayed-nerves bundle of brilliance,” from National Book Award Finalist Chris Lynch.

All Daniel wants to do is spend one last summer with his grandfather before he moves away for college and his grandfather’s dementia pulls them apart. But when his dear old Da starts to let things slip about the job he used to hold—people he’s killed, countries he’s overthrown—old work “friends” show up to make sure he stays quiet. Was his grandfather really involved in a world of assassinations and coups, or are the stories just delusions of a crumbling mind? On the run from the police (and possibly something worse) before he has time to find out, Daniel may have to sacrifice everything to protect his grandfather from those who would do him harm.

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Killing Time in Crystal City

Chris Lynch, 2015

Gypsy Davey

Chris Lynch, 1994

Iceman

Chris Lynch, 1994

Little Blue Lies

Chris Lynch, 2014

Shadow Boxer

Chris Lynch, 2013

The Subtle Knife: His Dark Materials

Philip Pullman, 2022

Theodore Boone: The Abduction

John Grisham, 2019

Crispin: The Cross of Lead

Avi, 2002