Kid Prodigies in Books Like Alex Rider

In Orpheus Chanson's world, geniuses and prodigies are no longer born. Instead, they are created through a series of procedures that can be purchased by those with the money and access. Orpheus is the son of the man who owns the copyright to the Acquired Savant Abilities (ASAs) operation. 

Zimri Robinson, a natural musical prodigy, is a "plebe" whose own abilities have been criminalized by the elites who want to horde prodigious talents for themselves. Greatness is only intended for the rich. But when Zimri meets Orpheus, they both realize that the system needs to change.

At the tender age of 17, Frank Baker is already a golfing prodigy. He's set to earn a full-ride scholarship to play at the university of his choice, but his single dad wants him to skip college and go straight to the professional circuit. Golf has taken its toll on the family bank account, and his dad is eager to start cashing in. 

Frank, however, doesn't feel ready for the pro circuit. When he finds himself with an invite to the Masters, the fight between amateur and pro gets even more tense. Torn between his family, his sport, and the weight of the world, Frank just tries to keep his eye on the ball.

What do you do when you’re a millionaire super-genius adolescent with zero parental supervision and the freedom to do whatever you want? You decide to steal a bunch of gold from fairies. 

Artemis Fowl may be a criminal mastermind, but the fairies he’s going up against aren’t the genteel darlings of children’s tales. They’re gun-toting, hyper-organized and militaristic, and they don’t take too kindly to some human kid trying to ruin their plans. When Artemis kidnaps Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit, things go from bad to worse. 

Who will come out on top?

Joshlyn Weaver tries to blend in with the other kids, but while they spent their free time doing normal things like hanging out with their friends and going to the cinema, Joshlyn is entering people's dreams. For many generations, her family has been part of a very powerful and very secretive society of dream walkers. 

She is the latest member of this group, tasked with the weighty responsibility of helping the world to be less anxious. By stopping nightmares while sleeping, Joshlyn and the dream walkers can stop nightmares in real life. But when an ancient feud within the dream walker society is reignited, Josh finds herself in a race against time to stop the nightmares from consuming the planet.

James Bond is an indomitable icon of pop culture, but what was he like as a teen? Long before he became 007, James was just another adolescent struggling to fit in at the legendary private school Eton and stand up to the bullies who see him as an easy target. Things are tough for him, an orphan who wants to find his place in life. 

School offers a fresh start, but it also opens him up to a dark world of subterfuge that will lead him to his future at MI5. On the remote shores of Loch Silverfin, he will face traitors, Nazi scientists, and even a horde of killer-man-eating eels, all to save Britain from a terrible fate.

Cammie Morgan is a student at the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women. To the outside world, it's a perfectly normal all-girls school, but behind closed doors, this is an academy dedicated to teaching highly unorthodox classes. Students are trained in martial arts, chemical warfare, and hacking, all to turn these bright young women into legendary super-spies. 

Cammie is fluent in fourteen languages and capable of killing a man in seven different ways, but she's utterly unprepared for the real world. When she meets a boy, she totally freaks out (hacking into his phone seems ill-advised.) All she wants is a normal love story, but can she maneuver a relationship with someone who can never find out about her true mission?

Every nerdy girl has related to Matilda Wormwood. Roald Dahl’s most beloved heroine has inspired generations of readers, as well as a movie, a musical, and a movie of that musical! The loner bookworm who discovers that she possesses telekinetic powers is one of the great kid prodigies of children’s fiction. Ignored by her parents and underestimated by adults everywhere, Matilda realizes that the only way to stand up for herself, and to save her classmates from the nightmarish control of headmistress Miss Trunchbull, is by embracing her powers and causing a whole lot of mayhem! 

Cadel Piggott is a 14 year old with a genius-level IQ and penchant for computer hacking. He's ready to be the next great evil genius of the planet and is studying for his World Domination degree, taking classes like embezzlement, forgery, and theft. His teacher is the legendary criminal mastermind Dr. Phineas Darkkon, a man never short of an evil plot of two. Cadel would love to follow in his footsteps, but when he falls for his classmate Kay-Lee, he begins to question if he's truly evil. Is it possible to be a hero genius instead?