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The Recruit, by Robert Muchamore

In The Recruit by Robert Muchamore, James is a kind of regular boy but gets into fights a lot. After fighting with a girl he left school. The next day his mom died from drinking alcohol with medication. Now James is an orphan his new roommate played a bad joke on him at school. While in the orphanage a guy takes James to a dojo to take a test to be a cherub agent. A cherub agent is some one seventeen or younger to spy on terrorist or drug dealers. After barley passing the test and training he has to go on a dangerous mission to go in a weapon dealer's home. Will James survive this mission or fail? To find out read the book The Recruit.

I liked this book because it had action and it wants you to keep reading the book. I recommend this book to people who like action or spy things. Also I recommend this book to people who like fiction books.

-Reviewed by Andrew, grade 9.
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Teen Speak said…
The Recruit is about James Choke, a young British 12-year old who gets in way too much trouble. One day he accidentally injures a fellow classmate, and runs home. By night time he is expelled and his mother is found dead. Now he’s taken to a Children’s Care Home, away from his beloved half sister, who is being taken care of by his horrible step father. After hanging out with some bad kids and getting arrested he ends up in CHERUB and organization filled with kids training to be spies. He decided to join, but first he will have to pass basic training if he wanted to get into CHERUB. Unfortunately the trainers will try to make his miserable and break his spirits, but with the help of his partner Kerry Chang he might just make it.

This novel is very fast passed and the humor is a bit crude, but overall a very interesting book to read. I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone who hates trouble making, no good, heroes who steal and hang out with the bad crowd, but that the kind of person the main character is. Don’t worry he gets better with time. The book however is very well thought out and is written marvelously, besides it’s foreign so those of us who have only read book from our own homeland should really give this one a try. For those of you who hate books like this just don’t read it and stay away from it.

Reviewed by R.H., Grade 9
Glendale Central Library
November 15, 2014 at 5:19 PM
Teen Speak said…
James is a kid who lives in London. His mother's an alcoholic who runs the biggest shoplifting ring in town, and his step-dad is a bully who leeches money whenever he decides to come by. James comes home one day to find his mom dead on the couch, due to poisoning from a combination of pills and alcohol. After being moved into an orphanage for a few days, James wakes up in a strange room. He has been brought to the Cherub facility. Cherub is a spy organization used by the British government, using children to help take out criminals who are unsuspecting of them. To get into Cherub, James must pass a set of rigorous physical and mental tests to gauge if he will be a good fit. Will James be able to make the most of this life changing opportunity?

The Cherub series, including this book, is a series that I really enjoyed. It's a story about a world that many kids imagine themselves being in; there are spies, fights, infiltration, and justice, all in one package. One thing that made me really enjoy this book series, is that it's believable. It's close enough to the realm of possibility, that it really makes you wonder if things in the book might have actually happened in real life! I feel that Robert Muchamore did a really great job creating a world that really captures your attention, and creates scenarios that you really feel like you're right in. I would wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone who likes spies, espionage, or just wants a nice fun read.

Reviewed by Julio B., Grade 10
Glendale Central Library

September 6, 2019 at 5:09 PM
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