The Recruit

Robert Muchamore

Apr 2014 · CHERUB Book 1 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this eBook

A young foster child gets inducted into an elite group of underage spies in this gripping first book in the young adult CHERUB series perfect for graduates of City Spies and Spy School.

Following the death of his mother, eleven-year-old James Choke gets separated from his half-sister, Lauren, and sent to a children’s home. James may be a bit of a troublemaker, but he’s also brilliant and soon makes an impression on his roommate—who introduces James to CHERUB.

CHERUB is an organization of highly trained, extremely talented spies aged ten to seventeen who tackle sensitive missions where adult agents would draw too much attention. When James passes the entrance exams, his next hurdle is the brutal one hundred days of basic training. From being forced to spend Christmas night outside in his underwear to a grueling three-day solo hike through a rain forest, James gets pushed to his limit and beyond…but he perseveres.

James is soon sent overseas with one of his CHERUB mentors to monitor a dangerous group of people, but when deadly compounds enter the mix, will James’s first mission also be his last?

Ratings and reviews

I started to read this back in high school when a teacher recommend it to me. I read the breif description of the book and decided to give it a try, and by chapter 3 I was instantly hooked. Still to this day I pick up the books and read them in order. I would definitely buy this book to read l. Also I would recommend to get a hard cover to give to a nephew of yours. They may end up reading all 18 book of a 2 series book.

I don't read a lot of books nearly any cause I'm not a big reader or even a reader but when I got this book, omg this book was amazing to the beginning till the end I definitely recommend this book to any reader if you like adventure books

This book is great because of its great action the hint of mystery and for you romance lovers it has plenty of that too.

About the author

Robert Muchamore is a private investigator turned young adult author who has penned the Cherub, Rock War, Henderson’s Boys, and Robin Hood series. Visit him online at Muchamore.com.