Spy Goddess

After running into trouble with the law, a teenager with an attitude is sent to a boarding school with a big secret Even though it wasn't Rachel's idea to steal the car, she was happy to go along for the ride. But when her so-called friends bolt as soon as the cops show up, they leave Rachel to take the rap. In court, the judge takes pity on the Beverly Hills bad girl, and offers her a choice: thirty days in juvie, or a year at Blackthorn Academy. Rachel chooses the boarding school. After all, how bad could it be? Cut into the side of a Pennsylvania mountain, Blackthorn is weirder than Rachel could ever have imagined. The students take Tae Kwon Do instead of gym, there are guardhouses on the edge of campus, and there's a secret Top Floor that only certain students are allowed to access. Despite Blackthorn's mysteries, Rachel is starting to fit in. She likes her roommate and her classmates, and even the all-knowing headmaster, Mr. Kim. But when Mr. Kim disappears, Rachel learns a secret about Blackthorn Academy-and herself-that will change her life forever.

Rachel and her fellow students head to Hawaii to save the world-and hit the beach Sentenced by a judge to a year at Blackthorn Academy, Rachel is still getting the hang of boarding school. Her Tae Kwon Do is improving, and her attitude has gotten better, but she's still a long way from convincing the headmaster to let her join the Top Floor-the school's secret training program for international superspies. It's too bad, because there is a supervillain after her, and Rachel is going to need all the training she can get. Simon Blankenship believes he is the reincarnation of Mithras, an evil Roman god, and that Rachel is a reincarnated goddess who is the only thing preventing him from total world domination. When Rachel discovers that Blankenship is recovering ancient artifacts in Hawaii, she's raring to go-to stop Blankenship and catch some sun. There's just one problem: Mr. Kim refuses to send Rachel and her classmates into certain danger. She may not be a full-fledged spy, but Rachel is sneaky enough get her friends to Hawaii. But with Blankenship tracking their every move, will she be able to get them back home?

With a traitor in her midst, Rachel faces losing her life and her heart-all in one semester At Blackthorn Academy, a peculiar prep school in the mountains of Pennsylvania, students are concerned with all the usual things: homework, hookups, and how to save the world. For Rachel, studying has taken a backseat to a little problem she's having with a supervillain named Simon Blankenship, who is convinced that he's an ancient Roman god and she's a reincarnated goddess whom he must destroy. They've tangled twice before, and Rachel has beaten him narrowly both times, but now Blankenship has done something completely unexpected: He's stolen an important ancient artifact from Blackthorn Academy . . . and disappeared. She and her fellow spies in training wait for Blankenship to show himself while contemplating the possibility of a turncoat in their midst. And as if that weren't enough, Rachel must tangle with a different kind of problem: a totally cute new student, whose eyes are just a little too pretty, and who seems to know just a little too much about Rachel and her past. She must decide quickly-is he boyfriend material, or a traitor?

A teen girl learns that spies have more fun in the three-book series set at the academy that "will rank up with Hogwarts as the coolest school to attend" (The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books). Rachel Buchanan may be just a spoiled, rich troublemaker from Beverly Hills, but there's a place where her bad-girl skills would come in handy-and it's just one felony conviction away. Follow her globe-trotting adventures as she transforms from juvenile delinquent to Spy Goddess . . . Live and Let Shop After taking the rap for stealing a car, Rachel is given a choice: thirty days in juvie or a year at Blackthorn Academy. How bad could boarding school be? Cut into the side of a Pennsylvania mountain, Blackthorn is weirder than she could ever have imagined. And it harbors a secret that will change her life forever . . . To Hawaii, with Love Rachel is starting to fit in at Blackthorn, but she's still a long way from convincing the headmaster to let her join the Top Floor-the school's secret training program for international superspies. It's too bad, because there is a supervillain after her, and Rachel is going to need all the training she can get when she sneaks away to Hawaii to stop him-and catch some sun . . . The Spy Who Totally Had a Crush on Me Supervillain Simon Blankenship has stolen an important ancient artifact from Blackthorn-and he may have had inside help. Meanwhile, a totally cute new student seems to know a little too much about Rachel and her past. She must decide quickly-is he boyfriend material or the traitor?