Name: The Specialists
ISBN: 9780142410523

Shannon Greenland

GiGi, the teenaged computer genius, gets to lead her first mission, trying to catch a notorious chemical smuggler who years ago was responsible for the deaths of her mother and father. Original.

The Winning Element

The Specialists

Sixteen-year-old Kelly James, a beautiful but socially awkward orphan with an IQ of 190, is recruited by a secret government spy agency to go undercover as a model and rescue the kidnapped father of the boy she has a huge crush on. Original.

Model Spy

chloe g

This book was so cool. I loved reading about "what if the government secretly recruited highly skilled teens to do their hardest work in aspects none of us would even think about." The characters were mysterious but also enticing, and the mission details were so tidy and neat to read about. Would read endless additions to this series, if it went on forever!

GiGi, a sixteen-year-old computer genius living undercover with a group of teenaged prodigies, goes on a mission with Wirenut, the electronics specialist, when a deadly neurotoxin is stolen and hidden in a small Mediterranean country. Original.

Down to the Wire

Lynn Braden

This was the first book that I've read in the Specialists series about several young adults with many unique talents who have been recruited to join a team to go out on missions. Even though this book was told from the point of view of GiGi who was a computer analyst, this was not her story. The story was about Frankie or Wirenut. He was an expert thief and master of technical gadgets that aid in burglaries. He had become known as the Ghost because of his ability to get in and out of places no one else could go, but he only wrapped yellow ribbons around the valuables just to show that he was able to break in but had no interest in stealing them. Frankie was recruited by the Specialists and his talents were immediately put to use as he and Frankie went on a mission together to keep a neurotoxin from being released killing millions. This was an interesting story, but it lacked the emotional connection that I've found in similar stories by other authors. I might have found that connection had I read the first book that told GiGi's story.

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