CHERUB: The Recruit: Book 1
Published: 2006
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This book is the winner of numerous awards
This book is part of a book series called Cherub .
This book has been graded for interest at 12-17 years.
This book is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed. This book was published in 2006 by Hachette Children's Group .
Robert Muchamore was born in Islington in 1972 and spent thirteen years working as a private investigator. The CHERUB series has won numerous awards, including the Red House Children's Book Award.
This book has the following chapters: A terrorist doesn't let strangers into her flat because they might be undercover police or intelligence agents, but her children bring their mates home whenever they like. What the terrorist doesn't know is that one of these kids has bugged every room, made copies of all her files and stolen her address book. The kid works for CHERUB For official purposes, these children do not exist.
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Cherub Series 1
Red House Award
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This book has been nominated for the following award:
Red House Children's Book Award
This book was recognised by the Red House Children's Book Award, now called 'The Federation of Children's Book Groups Children's Book Award'. This award is a set of annual literary prizes for children's books published in the U.K. during the preceding calendar year. It recognises one Overall" winner and one book in each of three categories: Books for Younger Children
[A] pacey spy thriller... taut writing and powerful descriptions * Time Out *
This series is easy to get hooked on and will keep you enthralled for days .. a surefire winner * Yorkshire Evening Post *
Cracking stuff * Aberdeen Evening Express *
Fast-paced, all-action, absolutely addictive * Newcastle Upon Tyne Evening Chronicle *
Punchy, exciting, glamorous and, what's more, you'll completely wish it was true * Sunday Express *
A tough, unsentimental and wonderfully imaginative story * Bournemouth Daily Echo *
An exciting, swiftly moving tale * School Librarian *
Action all the way * Ireland on Sunday *
A thoroughly enjoyable book ... gripping and one that will stay with you for a while -- Oliver Seymour, aged 12 * Surrey Today *
I give this book 10 out of 10 because I could never put it down * The Guardian *
Packed full of non-stop James Bond style action and is very funny too -- Lewis Fairfax, aged 12 * Newcastle Upon Tyne Evening Chronicle *
Exciting and definitely unputdownable! * Essex Chronicle *
You can't put this book down ... full of adventure and mischief with just a touch of romance! * Gloucestershire Echo *
