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Codename Conspiracy series.
After Principal Gomez is arrested on trumped-up charges, North Dakota seventh grader Carson Fender, a.k.a. Agent Zero, must identify the enemy spy responsible for the set-up--and figure out why Gomez was framed. Carson's third spy outing starts off slowly but picks up steam when a plot twist leaves the middle schooler puzzling over life-or-death questions about privacy, technology, loyalty, and trust.
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Codename Conspiracy series.
When Agent Nineteen's life is threatened by a deadly virus that's fallen into enemy hands, ex-spy Carson (Codename Zero) is tasked with breaking into a secret lab inside of Mt. Rushmore to save the day--while on a school field trip. Action-packed and humorous, this installment adds interesting character development as things get more serious and Carson struggles with some realistic moral dilemmas.