How do you usually spend your school days? Do you memorize an entire new language? Are karate sessions part of your cirriculum? What about learning how to diable and create a bomb? CHERUB: The Recruit by Robert Muchamore is a fast-paced, danger-filled thrill of a story that will have you imagining the best way to escape from the dangers yourself.
Twelve-year-old James Choke is sick of kids teasing him about his mum. WHen a remark from a girl in his class sets him off the edge, he gets into a fight and instantly regrets it. Less than a week later his mum dies, sending Jame's little sister to live with her evil father and James to foster care, where's he's almost instantly in trouble. After an attempted robbery leaves James to the police, he's brought to the Cherub campus and given five tests to determine if Cherub, the secret organization of spies all under the age of 17, is right for James. If he's accepted he'll have to pass basic training, 100 days of tortorous classas and physical training. Can he make it through even day one?
Cherub: The Recruit is an awesome book if you're up for adventure and the trouble-making of a twelve-year-old. Muchamore seems to reach back to all of the details of his childhood along with his investigative past, making sure to rhow in a few extra details and excitement along the way. This story is pure genius, and Muchamore makes the words almost float off of the page as you absorb its story.
Will James accept the challenge? Can he survive 100 days of training or will he drop out early? Is there even a mission waiting for him at the end? Look out for Cherub: The Recruit the next time you go story-searching and it's sure to interest you in some aspect.
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