James Choke's life is on a downward slide- picking fights constantly during school and getting beat up badly after classes. Living with his criminal mom, sister, and his mom's terrible boyfriend, he doesn't think his life could get any worse before his mom dies of alcohol consumption. He is sent to the Nebraska house foster home where he shares a room with a tall lanky kid named Kyle Blueman. Kyle turns out to be a CHERUB agent on a recruiting mission and decides that James is a valid CHERUB agent. CHERUB chairman McAfferty puts James through a number of tests before he is admitted into CHERUB. Though James is eager to become a valid field agent, he must complete 100 days of basic training. To enter basic training, James must overcome his fear of water and learn how to swim. He is taught by a 16 year old Amy Collins, a senior Cherub Agent. Amy, with the help of 2 other senior agents, eventually gets James to swim.
During basic training, he meets a more experienced trainee - Kerry Chang and they form a friendship while being harassed by training instructor Mr. Large. James passes basic training thanks to Kerry.
Slightly after basic training, James gets briefed on his first mission. He must pose as Amy Collins' little brother and the two must go to Fort Harmony, a village full of hippies, to uncover more about a possible terrorist attack.
SPOILER ALERT
James and Amy successfully infiltrate the terrorists lair and discover a plot to target PETROCON 2004 with an anthrax virus. A sudden call from the mission coordinator takes James to the hospital because he is thought to have the virus. He is treated at the hospital but Fort Harmony is destroyed by police.
Comments: This book is great for the fans of Alex Rider and Young Samurai series. Packed with action, this book keeps your eyes glued to every page. You can reread this book and not get bored.
Rating: 4.5/5
Comments: This book is great for the fans of Alex Rider and Young Samurai series. Packed with action, this book keeps your eyes glued to every page. You can reread this book and not get bored.
Rating: 4.5/5
p.s. Please comment on this blog. (Tell me how I can improve it!)
By: Nate
FINALLY ANOTHER GUY ON HERE! YAY!
ReplyDeleteI'll comment on yours... if you promise to comment on mine! XD
Some pointers:
1. Don't work so hard on the summary - it's more or less a waste of time (especially if you include spoilers (what use is someone reading a book if it's already been spoiled for them?)). Instead just copy/paste one from either Amazon or Goodreads - it's what most of us do around here and it saves a lot of time and effort
2. The "Comments" are the meat of the review, EXPAND THEM. This portion should be LONGER than your summary. Be SPECIFIC about the elements of the book that were good and bad. Point out both of the books strengths and weaknesses (believe me - no book is perfect, so they all have flaws). Being specific and more critical of what you read lends you more credibility and makes it more likely people will trust and take advice from your reviews.
Now for the book itself. I've read it, and I didn't find it as good as you're hyping it up to be at all. Alex Rider and Young Bond (if you haven't read Young Bond I suggest you do) were way better, deeper, and more intense (as are most other action/suspense novels I've read). Cherub is good when you've got nothing better to read, but if I reread them I would defs get bored. I give them 3.5/5.
Thanks bendavis!
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