Books with title The Doublecross:

With a hilarious and charismatic cast of characters, this start to a fresh middle grade action-adventure series is part Spy Kids and all fun! Everyone in twelve-year-old Hale's family is a spy, going way back. They've all worked for the Sub Rosa Society, an elite organization that's so top secret that new agents aren't recruited; they're born. His parents may be the ultimate spy team at SRS, but Hale isn't your typical stealthy spy--he is, as his mother puts it, "big-boned," and as some of his classmates put it, "fat." Still, he's convinced he will someday be a great field agent. After all, it's his legacy. But when both his mother and father go missing on a secret mission--likely captured by the SRS's number one enemy--it's Hale's time to step up and (with a little help from his acrobat-cheerleader little sister) save the day. Don't miss these other books from Jackson Pearce:The DoublecrossThe Inside JobThe Ellie, Engineer seriesEllie, EngineerEllie, Engineer: The Next LevelEllie, Engineer: In the Spotlight

With a hilarious and charismatic cast of characters, this start to a fresh middle grade action-adventure series is part Spy Kids and all fun! Everyone in twelve-year-old Hale's family is a spy, going way back. They've all worked for the Sub Rosa Society, an elite organization that's so top secret that new agents aren't recruited; they're born. His parents may be the ultimate spy team at SRS, but Hale isn't your typical stealthy spy--he is, as his mother puts it, "big-boned," and as some of his classmates put it, "fat." Still, he's convinced he will someday be a great field agent. After all, it's his legacy. But when both his mother and father go missing on a secret mission--likely captured by the SRS's number one enemy--it's Hale's time to step up and (with a little help from his acrobat-cheerleader little sister) save the day. Don't miss these other books from Jackson Pearce:The DoublecrossThe Inside JobThe Ellie, Engineer seriesEllie, EngineerEllie, Engineer: The Next LevelEllie, Engineer: In the Spotlight

Everyone in twelve-year-old Hale's family is a spy, going way back. They've all worked for the Sub Rosa Society, an elite organization that's so top secret that new agents aren't recruited; they're born. Despite the fact that Hale can defuse an explosive, don a disguise in seconds, and speak eleven languages, Hale isn't like his spy-school classmates-- he is, as his mother puts it, "big-boned," and as everyone else puts it, "fat."But when Hale's parents go missing while on a secret mission--likely captured by SRS's number one enemy--it's Hale's time to step up and (with a little help from his acrobat cheerleader little sister) save the day. The trouble is, when you're surrounded by spies, who can you trust?

Tertuliano Máximo Afonso is a history teacher in a secondary school. He is divorced, involved in a rather one-sided relationship with a bank clerk, and he is depressed. To lift his depression, a colleague suggests he rent a certain video. Tertuliano watches the film and is unimpressed. During the night, noises in his apartment wake him. He goes into the living room to find that the VCR is replaying the video, and as he watches in astonishment he sees a man who looks exactly like him-or, more specifically, exactly like the man he was five years before, mustachioed and fuller in the face. He sleeps badly.Against his own better judgment, Tertuliano decides to pursue his double. As he establishes the man's identity, what begins as a whimsical story becomes a dark meditation on identity and, perhaps, on the crass assumption behind cloning-that we are merely our outward appearance rather than the sum of our experiences.

Nell and her grandmother volunteer to help fellow quilter Suzanne lead a quilting retreat at a new bed and breakfast, and at the last minute another member of the group, Bernie, decides to join them. When they arrive, Bernie's old high school sweetheart, George, greets them at the door of the inn.Bernie is visibly shaken by the reunion, particularly since George's new wife is her former best friend, Rita. To make matters worse, Nell learns that her own romantic interest, Police Chief Jesse Dewalt, was spotted back in Archer's Rest on a date with a pretty redhead. Nell spots George and Rita fighting, and she suspects that George has slipped a sedative into her lemonade to keep her quiet. But before anyone can confront him, George's body is found in the woods -- and Bernie was the last person seen with him.

Tertuliano Máximo Afonso is a divorced, depressed history teacher. To lift his spirits, a colleague suggests he rent a certain video. Tertuliano watches the film, unimpressed. But during the night, when he is awakened by noises in his apartment, he goes into the living room to find that the VCR is replaying the video. He watches in astonishment as a man who looks exactly like him-or, more specifically, exactly like he did five years before, mustachioed and fuller in the face-appears on the screen. He sleeps badly.Against his better judgment, Tertuliano decides to pursue his double. As he roots out the man's identity, what begins as a whimsical story becomes a "wonderfully twisted meditation on identity and individuality" (The Boston Globe). Saramago displays his remarkable talent in this haunting tale of appearance versus reality. (20041004)