Charlie Higson wrote a series of five Young Bond novels, aimed at younger readers and concentrating on James Bond's school-days at Eton. The first novel in the series is SilverFin, which depicts James Bond as a teenager in the 1930s. It was released in the United Kingdom on March 3, 2005 by Puffin Books in conjunction with a large marketing campaign. The series ended with By Royal Command in 2008. ^{wikipedia.org 1 2}