The Champion

Lock and Key: The Initiation

Noble Conflict

The Righteous

The queen's necklace

Germany

The Prince of Nowhere

Thief!

Contender

In Taran Matharu's The Champion, the explosive final book in the Contender trilogy, Cade and his friends wage the ultimate battle for their lives―and the fate of Earth itself―in the Game set by the cruel and mysterious Pantheon…

Cade has managed to survive the duel with the Hydra Alpha―barely. But the Games are far from over.

By order of their cruel and mysterious overlord, Abaddon, Cade and his friends are sent off to war against the Greys, a humanoid race who have far surpassed humans in technology on their home planet. This attempt to move up the leaderboard, however, leads Cade to a game-changing revelation: The Pantheon―the millennia-old alien masterminds behind the Games―have a weakness.

With the right artifacts scavenged from the land of Acies and a heavy dose of courage and luck, Cade has exactly one chance to end their tyranny forever. But if he fails, the lives of his friends―and the survival of Earth itself―will be forfeit.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

The Champion

Taran Matharu, 2021

Lock and Key: The Initiation

Nicola Barber, Ridley Pearson, 2016

Noble Conflict

Malorie Blackman, 2013

The Righteous

Renée Ahdieh, 2021

The queen's necklace

LUIS FERNANDES, G.R. Kamath Luis Fernandes, 2011

Germany

Sonja Schanz, 2002

The Prince of Nowhere

Rochelle Hassan, 2022

Thief!

Malorie Blackman, 1995