The Dangerous Days of Daniel X

Patterson, James and Michael Ledwidge. The Dangerous Days of Daniel X. Little and Brown, 2008.
New York, NY.

ISBN 13: 9780316002929. Hardcover,$19.99.

Annotation:
Daniel X is a 13 year old alien hunter. He uses the book of outlaws left to him by his dead parents to track down aliens intent on destroying all human life on Earth.

Book Talk:
Daniel X was just four years old when his parents were brutally murdered by an alien who was intent on stealing the book of alien outlaws from his parents. From that time, Daniel has taken over their role as alien hunters. Using the book as a guide, Daniel hunts down aliens all over Earth, hoping to one day track down and kill the alien who killed his parents.

Daniel has a lead on the alien who destroyed his parents - or does the alien have a lead on Daniel?


Author Website: http://www.jamespatterson.com/index.html

Gilda Joyce: The Dead Drop

Allison, Jennifer. Gilda Joyce: The Dead Drop. Dutton Children's Books, 2009. New York, NY.

ISBN-13: 978-0525479802. Hardcover, $16.99.


Annotation:
In this fourth Gilda Joyce book, Gilda swings an internship at the International Spy Museum in Washington,D.C. Gilda leaves home for the summer to work in the Spy Museum and learn how to become a better spy. Gilda quickly discovers that there are more mysteries surrounding some recent acquisitions from the former Soviet Union.

Book Talk:
Gilda Joyce is a psychic investigator. In order to become more experienced, she gets a summer internship at the Spy Museum in Washington, DC. Living on her own in Washington, Gilda enjoys dressing up as a spy in her wild disguises that she has brought with her from home.

Suddenly, Gilda notices that there are mysteries everywhere she looks. The lights in the bedroom across from her flash on and off at night. The woman in the apartment across from her spends hours staring through her window at Gilda. And then,the museum acquires a lipstick gun and a camera jewelry pin that was used by spies in the former Soviet Union.

That is when things start to get weird. Gilda begins getting psychic messages and dreams about the lipstick gun,the pin, and the grave of Abraham Lincoln. Gilda suddenly finds herself in the middle of an operation that involves National Security, with clues that only Gilda can unravel.

Will Gilda solve the puzzle in time?


Author Website: http://www.gildajoyce.com/