Product Description

Every day thousands of animals die in laboratory experiments. Some say these experiments provide essential scientific knowledge, while others will do anything to prevent them.

James and Lauren Adams are stuck in the middle.

They’re CHERUB agents. Trained professionals with one essential advantage: adults never suspect that children are spying on them.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1352 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-19
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Review
Praise for books in the CHERUB series: 'Punchy, exciting, glamorous and, what's more, you'll completely wish it was true.' (The Sunday Express )

'An excellent start to a promising series. It is every boy's wish to be a spy, and this book will enthrall every single one of them.' (The Bookseller )

'An exciting, swiftly moving tale' (School Librarian )

'A fast-paced action thriller, which should turn into a fantastic series - if James manages to live that long.' (Young Post )

Synopsis
Every day thousands of animals die in laboratory experiments. Some say these experiments provide essential scientific knowledge, while others will do anything to prevent them. James and Lauren Adams are stuck in the middle. They're CHERUB agents. Trained professionals with one essential advantage: adults never suspect that children are spying on them.

About the Author
Robert Muchamore was born in Islington in 1972. He still lives there, and spent thirteen years working as a private investigator. He was inspired to create the CHERUB series by his nephews' complaints about the lack of anything for them to read! CHERUB: The Recruit was Robert's first book and recently won the Red House Children's Book Award 2005 in the Older Readers Category.

Customer Reviews

Another great story from Robert Muchmore
This thrilling tale is about how James Adams (a CHERUB Agent), Kyle and Lauren (James's sister) have to try to infiltrate an animal rights organisation. They are all thrown into a world of extreme political violence. James and Kyle meet up with two brothers who want to get involved with the AFA (Animal Freedom Army). From there they find themselves in a world of political extremism meeting people that will do anything to help animals. James and Kyle hear of a massive plot that involves some sort of extreme violence. Will they go through with the plot? Will James and Kyle turn against CHERUB to save some animals? Read it and find out. This is a fast action paced thriller and well worth reading but the violence in the book makes it unsuitable for younger readers.

Man vs Beast (CHERUB)
Having read all the previous CHERUB books i wasn't sure what to expect with this book. All the previous books have been superb and i have to say, so was this. It is another fast paced novel. I read the last hundred or so pages so quickly as they keep you turning pages, scared and excited as to what would happen next.

I think this, and 'Maximum Security' are the best books i have read since Alex Rider.

Read this book but be sure to read the previuos ones - starting with 'The Recruit' - first.

Great series, but the first was the best
The Cherub series could compete with Alex Rider to be the best young spy series - but Muchamore needs to be careful not to let the quality slip since the first, excellent book in the series 'The Recruit'. The trouble is that the 'Jimmy Coates' series by Joe Craig is at least as good, if not better, and that seems to be improving with each book so far.

So if Muchamore wants Horowitz's crown, he better make sure the Cherub series stays fresh and original, like Jimmy Coates, and not just another 'young boy on a secret service mission' series.

Having said that, this book is really entertaining and has all the action and thrills you'd expect - it's just not as good as 'The Recruit', and I'm worried that teh author is running out of new ideas to keep things exciting.