“This middle-grade series reads like the Bourne Identity, but for kids.” – M. Robichaux, Editor | From the Notre Dame to the Eiffel tower the Crime Travelers series combines “action and adventure with global awareness and smart humor.” ClarionRating® 5/5

AR Points from Renaissance Accelerated Reader® Parents, teachers, and librarians will appreciate the worldwide geography and appropriate language for Ages 8 – 14 Grades: 3 – 8 | #1 Amazon best-selling series in Children’s Travel | BRAINWASHED marks the explosive beginning of The Crime Travelers Adventure Series | 300 Geographic References plus illustrative maps! | FUNNY. SMART. ACTION. | Also available: BOOK 2: DIAMONDS ARE FOR NEVER & BOOK 3: PRICELESS | FREE shipping when you get all 3 books in the series! 

While sleeping on the roof of his father’s hotel-spy school, thirteen-year-old Lucas Benes finds a baby alone and learns that the Good Company has restarted its profitable brainwashing business. Brainwashed (Crime Travelers Spy Series Book #1) tracks the secret urban adventures of the New Resistance, a school of international teenage spies. Lucas leads a group of friends through the hotspots of Paris– from the catacombs to the Eiffel tower–in an all-out effort to sabotage a brainwashing ceremony that could potentially turn them all into “Good” kids.

This debut novel in the international action-packed Crime Travelers series from Amazon best-selling author Paul Aertker is a mind-opening adventure for elementary and middle-grade readers of Gordon Korman, James Patterson, and John Grisham. 

Readers of Diary of A Wimpy Kid will appreciate the step up in smart reading. This humorous and exciting middle school series with its short chapters is perfect for school reading lists. This is a middle-grade book for boys, a middle-grade book for girls. This mystery is like a secret diary of lost kids in adverse international settings. France. Italy. Spain. India. A secret spy rider who uses Kano, Minecraft, and Psion to help the kids travel the planet. A worldwide spy school. A book about Paris for kids learning about Paris and travel. If you like Alex Rider, you’ll love Crime Travelers. If your children love excitement, don’t miss this action-packed read! – Children’s Booksellers

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