The Recruit by Robert Muchamore

 ^{Have you ever wanted to be a secret agent?}

 

^{If you have, The Recruit by Robert Muchamore is a novel that will surely get you excited. This is the first of the books in the CHERUB series and it’s one of those books that you can’t put down.}

^{In the novel we see a boy James who has just been expelled from his school and before he could tell his mother, she died. James’ step-dad didn’t like him so he was sent to an orphanage and started at a new school. From there, James ended up at CHERUB, a place where children are trained to become secret agents. During Basic Training, James gets paired up with a girl named Kerry. They help each other get through training which is harder than it sounds. Day after day of being cold, wearing damp clothes, hard lessons and running the assault course. After Basic Training, James’ first mission becomes life threatening. After he sticks his head in a box containing anthrax bacteria, he ends up in hospital. Will he survive?}

 

^{James is a twelve year old with blonde hair and a mischievous attitude which is always leading him into trouble. He is the main character and one of the toughest kids in year seven. His mother was commonly insulted but that didn’t suit James, so anyone who said something about her would get a punch. But will James go too far when his class mate continuously insults his mother?}

 

^{This story is set in the 2000’s in England and is in the third person. It starts set in a school in London but the CHERUB campus is at an unknown location so that nobody can spill the beans about where it is. The dialogue isn’t formal so that the audience is able to relate to the content easier.}

 

^{I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who loves a good mystery story about secret agents. As soon as I finished reading the last page I rushed to the library to borrow out the next one and I’m sure you will too!}