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CHERUB: The Recruit

On sale

3rd April 2014

Price: £7.99

Red House Children's Book Award, 2005

Selected:  Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780340881538

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The first title in the number one bestselling CHERUB series! James hits rock bottom before he’s offered a new start in an intriguing organisation …

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 one of these kids has bugged every room in her house, made copies of all her computer files and stolen her address book. The kid works for CHERUB.

CHERUB agents are aged between ten and seventeen. They live in the real world, slipping under adult radar and getting information that sends criminals and terrorists to jail.

For official purposes, these children do not exist.

Praise for the CHERUB series:
‘Punchy, exciting, glamorous and, what’s more, you’ll completely wish it was true’ – Sunday Express
‘Crackling tension and high-octane drama’ – Daily Mail
‘A really good book that you could re-read over and over again’ – Guardian
‘Pacy writing, punchy dialogue and a gripping plot, it’s got it all’ – Daily Express
‘Fast-moving action … and cool gadgets!’ – The Times

Visit cherubcampus.com – the essential internet destination, packed with exclusive content and with in-depth biographies of CHERUB characters, out-takes and bonus stories.

Reviews

School Librarian
An exciting, swiftly moving tale
Daily Mail
'Crackling tension and high-octane drama.'
Aberdeen Evening Express
Cracking stuff
Essex Chronicle
Exciting and definitely unputdownable!
Yorkshire Evening Post
This series is easy to get hooked on and will keep you enthralled for days .. a surefire winner
Sunday Express
Punchy, exciting, glamorous and, what's more, you'll completely wish it was true
Newcastle Upon Tyne Evening Chronicle
Fast-paced, all-action, absolutely addictive
Sunday Express
Praise for books in the CHERUB series: 'Punchy, exciting, glamorous and, what's more, you'll completely wish it was true.'
Lewis Fairfax, aged 12, Newcastle Upon Tyne Evening Chronicle
Packed full of non-stop James Bond style action and is very funny too
Daily Express
'Pacy writing, punchy dialogue and a gripping plot, it's got it all.'
Gloucestershire Echo
You can't put this book down ... full of adventure and mischief with just a touch of romance!
The Times
'Fast-moving action ... and cool gadgets!'
Oliver Seymour, aged 12, Surrey Today
A thoroughly enjoyable book ... gripping and one that will stay with you for a while
Ireland on Sunday
Action all the way
Guardian
'A really good book that you could re-read over and over again.'
Time Out
[A] pacey spy thriller... taut writing and powerful descriptions
Bournemouth Daily Echo
A tough, unsentimental and wonderfully imaginative story
The Guardian
I give this book 10 out of 10 because I could never put it down