Product Description

An airliner explodes over the Atlantic leaving 345 people dead. Crash investigators suspect terrorism, but they’re getting nowhere.

A distressed twelve-year-old calls a police hotline and blames his father for the explosion. It could be a breakthrough, but there’s no hard evidence and the boy has a history of violence and emotional problems.

Only CHERUB agents can unearth the truth. They’re trained professionals with one essential advantage: adults never suspect that children are spying on them.

For official purposes, these children do not exist.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #495 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-07
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 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
An airliner explodes over the Atlantic leaving 345 people dead. Crash investigators suspect terrorism, but they're getting nowhere. A distressed twelve-year-old calls a police hotline and blames his father for the explosion. It could be a breakthrough, but there's no hard evidence and the boy has a history of violence and emotional problems. Only CHERUB agents can unearth the truth. They're trained professionals with one essential advantage: adults never suspect that children are spying on them. For official purposes, these children do not exist.

About the Author
Robert Muchamore was born in Islington in 1972 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!

Customer Reviews

The Sleepwalker
The Sleepwalker by Robert Muchamore is a gripping novel telling the story of James Adams, the heroic yet lazy teenage spy and his friends. The novel is aimed at young adults who enjoy action thrillers and intoxicating suspense. The novel has a mix of fantasy and reality but in all is very believable.

The story is about a young boy named Fahim who calls the police reporting that it was his father who caused a recent aeroplane crash. James' sister is called into befriend Fahim and find out the truth.

The book is a good read for a variety of reasons. Firstly, it is the story of every teenagers dream. Armed with lock picks and listening bugs the teenage spies are the one way to find the truth because no adult ever suspects a child.

Also, the books aren't too unrealistic. Underneath all the agents are all teenagers and have the same desires. Unlike Alex Rider, the agents make mistakes and in the end all they really care about is who's going out with who.

The book is almost flawless and the only negativity one can think of is that the book moves at such an astonishing pace you cannot keep up and may lose the plot.

I think that I personally enjoyed the book because it managed to merge typical teenager with heroic super spy. This combination proved to be very affective. The book affected me by making me wish that I too was a CHERUB (the agency that James and his friends work for) agent and shared all their gadgets and skills.

I think that this is an almost perfect read and I definitely recommend it to any reader, especially to anyone in their teenage years.

Another Epic Novel by Robert Muchomore
James is in trouble again on Cherub Campus. He's got to do work experience and he's hoping it's all to do with motorbikes. But it the opposite of what he wanted to and who he wanted to work with. Meanwhile a plane has crashed into the Atlantic. A distressed boy rings the terrorist hotline. The fear in his voice must mean something but what? The boy's call is classed as a category grade 4 (Prank call). Mac's children were among those who died in the plane crash. He's back at cherub going through the calls and comes across this one. Lauren and Jake have to work together on finding out if the boy's right. But there are two problems. Firstly the boy has a history of emotional problems and violence. Secondly, Jake and Lauren hate each other! Read this amazing book and find out what happens.

Go Lauren!
Robert Muchamore's latest CHERUB thriller is as gripping and exciting as all his previous books. I stayed up till 2.00am to finish this one. I especially love the fact that James' 13-year-old sister Lauren is becoming an active, resourceful and brave agent. Yay. Girl power.