Books About Organized Crime

The Best Organized Crime Books for Kids

By the Bookroo Editors

Looking for excellent children's books about organized crime? This collection brings together Bookroo's highest-rated and most useful picks in one place.

Start with our editorial favorites, then browse recommendations organized by reading stage to find the right book for your reader.

The Shortlist

Our 7 Favorite Books About Organized Crime

My Hero Academia, Vol. 18
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Chapter Book · Ages 14–17 · 2018

My Hero Academia, Vol. 18

By Kohei Horikoshi · My Hero Academia series

A young hero pushes his power to its limits against an overwhelming enemy.

192 pages· 8,057 words· Est. 1 hour read
4.5 Goodreads · 8,770 ratings
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Summary: Midoriya faces Overhaul in a battle that tests the full force of One For All. Eri’s restoration power may offer the help he needs, but surviving the clash could change his life.
My Hero Academia, Vol. 16
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Chapter Book · Ages 14–17 · 2017

My Hero Academia, Vol. 16

By Kohei Horikoshi · Book #16 in the My Hero Academia series

Student heroes join a rescue mission to stop a drug that destroys superpowers.

192 pages· 7,860 words· Est. 59 min read
4.5 Goodreads · 9,319 ratings
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Summary: The Hassaikai gang plans to distribute a drug that destroys Quirks, with the captive Eri central to its scheme. Nighteye assembles heroes for a rescue mission, and Class 1-A students join them despite the risks.
My Hero Academia, Vol. 15
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Chapter Book · Ages 14–17 · 2017

My Hero Academia, Vol. 15

By Kohei Horikoshi · Book #15 in the My Hero Academia series

A student hero encounters a frightened child while a new crime leader seeks power.

192 pages· 8,637 words· Est. 1 hour read
4.4 Goodreads · 9,520 ratings
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Summary: The Hassaikai’s young leader Chisaki seeks allies as he tries to fill a gap in the criminal world. A chance encounter brings Midoriya and Mirio face-to-face with him and a frightened girl whose circumstances are unclear.
Skeleton Key
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Chapter Book · Ages 10–+ · 2006

Skeleton Key

By Anthony Horowitz · Book #3 in the Alex Rider series

Teen spy Alex Rider must thwart a nuclear threat from a vengeful adversary.

FCBG Children’s Book Award (2003)
327 pages· 67,040 words· Est. 9.5 hour read
4.1 Goodreads · 60,401 ratings
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Summary: Teen superspy Alex Rider faces his deadliest mission yet. A man with nothing to lose and a nuclear weapon threatens global chaos. From Miami's beaches to Russia's icy fields, Alex teams up with the CIA to stop a vengeful plot. Can he save the world once more, or will this mission be his last?
Watchdog
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Chapter Book · Ages 10–+ · 2017

Watchdog

By Will McIntosh

Twin inventors must protect their robot dog from a ruthless crime boss.

192 pages· 34,487 words· Est. 5 hour read
3.8 Goodreads · 605 ratings
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Summary: Thirteen-year-old twins Vick and Tara have built Daisy, a loyal robotic watchdog who protects them on the streets. When local crime boss Ms. Alba wants Daisy for her robot army, the twins must outwit the mob to keep their family together, and Tara may have to upgrade Daisy into something far more powerful.
Son of the Mob
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Chapter Book · Ages 12–17 · 2002

Son of the Mob

By Gordon Korman

A mob boss's son falls for a girl whose father is trying to arrest his.

240 pages· 51,828 words· Est. 5 hour read
3.7 Goodreads · 7,327 ratings
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Summary: Vince Luca is an ordinary high school guy with one big problem: his father heads a powerful crime organization, which makes dating almost impossible. When Vince finally meets a girl worth the trouble, her family turns out to be the biggest problem of all. Her father is the FBI agent determined to put Vince's dad away for good. Can Vince keep the girl without betraying his family?
The New Recruit
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Chapter Book · Ages 10–18 · 2027

The New Recruit

By S.J. Wills · Book #1 in the Python series

A crime boss's son turns informant, then joins a secret agency of teen spies.

256 pages
4.9 Goodreads · 7 ratings
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Summary: Zac Thorne broke his family's number one rule: never snitch. Now the son of the country's biggest crime boss is in witness protection, his old identity erased and his own family wanting him dead. His past catches the eye of PYTHON, a top-secret agency that recruits teenagers who know the world's most dangerous crime circles. Zac's first mission, gathering intel on a crime ring in a new mall, goes sideways, and the team must survive a deadly night of cat and mouse.