The Sunday Express
'Punchy, exciting, glamorous and, what's more, you'll completely wish it was true.'
Review
'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 20110715)
'Punchy, exciting, glamorous and, what's more, you'll completely wish it was true.' (The Sunday Express )
'An exciting, swiftly moving tale' (School Librarian )
'I loved this book.' (Caroline Lawrence, author of The Roman Mysteries )
'A fast-paced action thriller, which should turn into a fantastic series - if James manages to live that long.' (Young Post )
'It's action all the way as we follow the new recruit's rapid development and no doubt Muchamore's nephews will, like me, be cheering him every step of the way.' (Ireland on Sunday )
'Punchy, exciting, glamorous and, what's more, you'll completely wish it was true.' (The Sunday Express )
'An exciting, swiftly moving tale' (School Librarian )
'I loved this book.' (Caroline Lawrence, author of The Roman Mysteries )
'A fast-paced action thriller, which should turn into a fantastic series - if James manages to live that long.' (Young Post )
'It's action all the way as we follow the new recruit's rapid development and no doubt Muchamore's nephews will, like me, be cheering him every step of the way.' (Ireland on Sunday )
Cherub is an absolute must for everyone who enjoys a thrilling book which keeps you interested at all times.
(Guardian )School Librarian
'An exciting, swiftly moving tale'
Caroline Lawrence, author of The Roman Mysteries
'I loved this book.'
Product Description
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 is not James Bond. There are no master criminals or high-tech gadgets. CHERUB kids live in the real world. They slip under adult radar and get information that sends criminals and terrorists to jail.
For official purposes, these children do not exist. (20041001)
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 is not James Bond. There are no master criminals or high-tech gadgets. CHERUB kids live in the real world. They slip under adult radar and get information that sends criminals and terrorists to jail.
For official purposes, these children do not exist. (20041001)
About the Author
Robert Muchamore was born in Islington in 1972. He still lives there, and works 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. (20040511)
CHERUB: The Recruit was Robert's first book and recently won the Red House Children's Book Award 2005 in the Older Readers Category. (20040511)
Excerpted from Cherub: the Recruit by Robert Muchamore. Copyright © 2004. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
WHAT IS CHERUB?
During World War Two, French civilians set up a resistance movement to fight against the German forces occupying their country. Many of their most useful operatives were children and teenagers. Some worked as scouts and messengers. Others befriended homesick German soldiers, gathering information that enabled the resistance to sabotage German military operations.
A British spy named Charles Henderson worked among these French children for nearly three years. After returning to Britain, he used what he’d learned in France to train twenty British boys for work on undercover operations. The codename for his unit was CHERUB.
During World War Two, French civilians set up a resistance movement to fight against the German forces occupying their country. Many of their most useful operatives were children and teenagers. Some worked as scouts and messengers. Others befriended homesick German soldiers, gathering information that enabled the resistance to sabotage German military operations.
A British spy named Charles Henderson worked among these French children for nearly three years. After returning to Britain, he used what he’d learned in France to train twenty British boys for work on undercover operations. The codename for his unit was CHERUB.
Henderson died in 1946, but the organisation he created has thrived. CHERUB now has more than two hundred and fifty agents, all aged seventeen or under. Although there have been many technical advances in intelligence operations since CHERUB was founded, the reason for its existence remains the same: adults never suspect that children are spying on them.
