Books with title Spy in the Shadows

Grace Knox is about to turn seventeen, and the world of Victorian New York society should be opening to her—a time of dances and parties and boys vying for her heart and her hand. Instead, Grace’s world is closing in: the family business is gone; her brother is drinking and gambling away whatever is left; her widowed mother cannot cope; and her grandmother is slipping into madness. And now Grace is having disturbing dreams of ancient battles.Grace’s only hope is to marry Patrick Devlin and let his fortune save them all. But she isn’t sure she loves Patrick, and she doesn’t share his passion to free Ireland from British rule. Why look to Ireland when there is so much poverty and despair here?Then Grace meets Diarmid, an Irish stableboy. Being with him means losing everything. But the secrets and mystery surrounding him are too compelling to ignore. Soon Grace is drawn into his world of legend and heroes, magic and prophecy—the world of her dreams—where her own choice between faith and fear holds the greatest power of all.

Jered and Faal Willii’s village is run by strange, mysterious cloaked people simply known as the “Tax Collectors”. When the boys’ old friend is attacked by the Tax Collectors, he sends them into the mountains to find a wizard who will provide them a way to help save their village. They set out immediately, but it is too late. When they return they find their village is overrun by the Tax Collectors, which they find out are really monsters called Ocpots. Jered and Faal fight a hopeless battle against them—until the Silents show up.The Silents, a group of fighters trained in the arts of stealth, strategy, and endurance, have sworn to destroy the threat of the Ocpots at all cost.Jered and Faal join forces with the Silents and begin to fight against the Ocpots, who they discover have not only controlled their village, but have oppressed much of the world. The struggle is far from over. They must discover where the leader of the Ocpots is, what he is doing, and attempt to defeat him. Are their skills, their friends, and their relationship strong enough to prevail?---A Silence in the Shadows is a fun, action packed fantasy story for readers 10 to 15!

Fiction. Young Adult. SECRETS IN THE SHADOWS, a young adult/crossover novel, is the story of best friends Michael and Wolfie who are boys growing up in Nazi Germany. Both of them are delighted to join the Hitler Youth. But by the time the boys are twelve, a devastating event turns their world upside down. On a school trip to Berlin, the boys see a beautiful Jewish girl boarding the train with her mother. Shortly after, a horrified Michael witnesses their brutal murder--the result of anti-Semitism. As a result, Michael's loyalty to Hitler begins to show cracks. In 1943 when Michael turns sixteen, his father orders him to volunteer with the Waffen SS, and Michael then goes on to serve in the Hitler Youth 12th SS Panzer Division. Wolfie joins as well. Boehm shows them on the grim battlefields fighting hand-to-hand in the villages and towns, sometimes against the Canadians. Seeing what is happening on the battlefield, they come to reject the Nazi regime and its propaganda. In the final showdown, Michael and Wolfie are ordered to travel to Berlin, and it is there they confront the secrets that lie in the shadows of the past.

It's not uncommon for people to go missing in a vast and wild place like Alaska. But in a rainy forest just south of Juneau, it seems to happen more often than usual.The dense woods around Shadow Creek are beautiful and tempting, but there's also something menacing about them. Everyone in the nearby town knows the story of the Witch of Shadow Creek, although few suspect it's anything more than "just a story." When Jack Strader and his dad move from California to reopen the Shadow Creek Lodge after a family tragedy, they're just looking for a change. But Jack's about to find out that Shadow Creek is a place where the border between this world and the next is sometimes thin.

Keegan seeks to settle into his new life with his family when his town is disrupted by a magical visitor. A forest nymph blesses a young child in the village with a magical ability, much like Keegan’s own ability to communicate with animals.In the following weeks, word spreads about this special child, and Keegan fears that there are people who may take advantage of the young boy and his family. With the help of his animal and human friends, Keegan uncovers a plot to steal the child away. Can he stop it?

After Ivy's stepfather disappears, Ivy's mama begins waitressing at Dining Divinely to make ends meet. She also takes in a boarder―twelve-year-old Caleb, who's the same age as Ivy and is the weirdest guy she's ever met. With Mama working full-time, Ivy has to babysit her little brother, JJ. She also has to fend off the nosy Pastor Harold; stop Caleb from filling JJ's head with lies; and keep her best friend, Ellen, from knowing anything about her embarrassing situation at home. Ivy has always found out all she needs to know by lurking in the shadows (some might call it "eavesdropping"). But as things at home become more complicated, she learns to step into the light and not only listen but speak up.

Kid Bean returns to protect the city of of Cornucopia from another vile villain.In order to save top secret government documents from a mysterious international spy, Kid Bean teams up with one of the leading private investigators in the city, Phil K. Fish. Can our heroes stop the notorious Inkblot from selling these secrets to the highest bidder? Or will they be stopped instead?