Well-fleshed out minor characters%E2%80%94including James's training partner/crush, as well as his sister%E2%80%94help elevate the story above the standard fare. If the plot is predictable, Muchamore presents both the spies and the dangers they face realistically, avoiding over-the-top gadgets sand slapstick. In this case, that mission involves infiltrating a camp of ex-hippies who are planning to attack oil company executives. Much of the novel is standard spy training stuff, including a grueling boot camp (complete with a relentlessly tough and sadistic instructor), bonding sequences with his fellow recruits, and a first mission that goes awry. When 11-year-old James is orphaned after his petty criminal mother dies, he comes to the attention of CHERUB, a spy agency that only uses minors as agents, because kids make such unlikely suspects. since 2004, offers an enjoyable mix of action and teen drama, while avoiding some of the wackiness that can plague teen spy novels. CHERUB: The Recruit: Book 1 Paperback 15 April 2004 by Robert Muchamore (Author) 612 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover AED 76.47 3 New from AED 75.00 Paperback AED 44.65 14 New from AED 35.00 10 extra discount with Citibank. The first book in Muchamore's CHERUB series, a bestselling line in the U.K.
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presenting Puddle at Pocket Pond!""), the parallel stories highlight seasonal activities familiar to children (and tourist spots familiar to adults). Wish you could meet me at the oasis,"" and Puddle back home wishes ""Toot were there to taste the pancakes."" When Toot returns home in December, Puddle salutes Toot's ""adventures around the world,"" and Toot drinks to Puddle's ""adventures right at home."" Although the story at times seems to oscillate between a traditional story narrative (e.g., ""Yes, Puddle missed his friend"") to a text that occasionally resembles picture labels (e.g.,""Meanwhile. What follows is a kind of piggy calendar as Toot's monthly postcards are juxtaposed with illustrations of Puddle's homespun activities. Toot, on the other hand, loved to take trips."" So in January when Toot goes on his ""biggest trip ever,"" Puddle happily stays home to enjoy the snow and go ice-skating. In this charming, sweetly illustrated debut picture book, home was ""such a perfect place to be that Puddle never wanted to go anywhere else.
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But as Agatha Christie once said, “Crime is terribly revealing.” Our inaugural pick, The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb, begins as a Whodunit mystery. And keep your eyes on our Instagram -we have another fun announcement coming this week! Want to be the first to know more about Fodor’s Book Club? Sign up for our newsletter. We’ve got so much planned for our book club, including exclusive author Q&A’s like this one, fabulous book-related content, and even some special giveaways planned. Greetings, travelers! We’ve got an exciting announcement: Welcome to Fodor’s Book Club! “Fodor’s has a book club now?” Yes! Because when you think about it, not only are books some of our most trusted companions while we travel, but they have the ability to excite us, inspire us, and open up our world-just like travel does. Brendan Slocumb talks to Fodor's about his debut novel, 'The Violin Conspiracy.' The Pillars of the Earthis the first novel in Follett’s Kingsbridge series, the books that follow are equally as enticing occurring during other notable events in history and involve descendants of some of the characters from Pillars. We get absorbed in the lives of the many, many characters linked to it’s creation over the intervening years in what becomes an epic story of struggle, love, deceit and revenge. The country is on the brink of a civil war but in the midst of it all, a spectacular cathedral is under construction in the fictional town of Kingsbridge. In Ken Follett’s critically acclaimed novel, we are catapulted back into Medieval Britain somewhere between the sinking of the White Ship and the murder of Thomas Beckett. It’s easy to become so immersed in books like The Pillars of the Earth that you start to believe the alternative narratives they weave of well known historical events and of the stories we thought we knew so well. |