CHERUB: The Recruit

Red House Children's Book Award, 2005

Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780340881538

Price: £7.99

ON SALE: 3rd April 2014

Genre: Interest Age: From C 11 Years / Teenage)

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The first title in the number one bestselling CHERUB series! James hits rock bottom before he’s offered a new start in an intriguing organisation …

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 one of these kids has bugged every room in her house, made copies of all her computer files and stolen her address 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.

For official purposes, these children do not exist.

Praise for the CHERUB series:
‘Punchy, exciting, glamorous and, what’s more, you’ll completely wish it was true’ – Sunday Express
‘Crackling tension and high-octane drama’ – Daily Mail
‘A really good book that you could re-read over and over again’ – Guardian
‘Pacy writing, punchy dialogue and a gripping plot, it’s got it all’ – Daily Express
‘Fast-moving action … and cool gadgets!’ – The Times

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Reviews

A thoroughly enjoyable book ... gripping and one that will stay with you for a while
Oliver Seymour, aged 12, Surrey Today
Fast-paced, all-action, absolutely addictive
Newcastle Upon Tyne Evening Chronicle
You can't put this book down ... full of adventure and mischief with just a touch of romance!
Gloucestershire Echo
An exciting, swiftly moving tale
School Librarian
Packed full of non-stop James Bond style action and is very funny too
Lewis Fairfax, aged 12, Newcastle Upon Tyne Evening Chronicle
Praise for books in the CHERUB series: 'Punchy, exciting, glamorous and, what's more, you'll completely wish it was true.'
Sunday Express
'Pacy writing, punchy dialogue and a gripping plot, it's got it all.'
Daily Express
Action all the way
Ireland on Sunday
'Fast-moving action ... and cool gadgets!'
The Times
This series is easy to get hooked on and will keep you enthralled for days .. a surefire winner
Yorkshire Evening Post
A tough, unsentimental and wonderfully imaginative story
Bournemouth Daily Echo
[A] pacey spy thriller... taut writing and powerful descriptions
Time Out
Exciting and definitely unputdownable!
Essex Chronicle
'A really good book that you could re-read over and over again.'
Guardian
I give this book 10 out of 10 because I could never put it down
The Guardian
Cracking stuff
Aberdeen Evening Express
'Crackling tension and high-octane drama.'
Daily Mail
Punchy, exciting, glamorous and, what's more, you'll completely wish it was true
Sunday Express