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The Recruit: Book 1


Cherub

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Published: 2014

Great for age 12-18 years

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A terrorist doesn't let strangers in her flat because they might be undercover police or intelligence agents, but her children bring their mates home and they run all over the place. The terrorist doesn't know that a kid has bugged every room in her house, cloned the hard drive on her PC, and copied all the numbers in her phone book. The kid works for CHERUB.CHERUB agents are aged between ten and seventeen. They live in the real world, slipping under adult radar and getting information that sends criminals and terrorists to jail.CHERUB: THE RECRUIT is read by Simon Scardifield.(P) Hodder Children's Books 2014

 

 

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 12-15 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 2014 by Hachette Children's Group (Digital) .

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 is in the following series:

Cherub

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