Adam Roberts

Advantages: Good writer
Disadvantages: Not enough books!

...Robert Muchamore is an amazintalented childrens author who writes the most compeling adicitve action spy stories about a lad called james adams who starts of being a lazy slob to one of the best teenage spys in the country. James goes on the most thrilling misions to different countries. These books are probably the best i have read in a long time. It is every schoolboys dream to become a spy and when it happens james is thrilled. The spys are recruted from orphanages from around the country and employed by a secret agency. The children have to through basic training which is training that actually makes them become a spy. The children all learn a martial art up to a high grade. They also get classed by t-shirts going from red to black. This is a very good read... Read review

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Advantages: exiting, you cant put them down, humorous
Disadvantages: quite long, same humor over and over sometimes

...Mad Dogs is a teenage fiction novel about a secret spy agency called cherub which employees are mainly orphans. they are sent on missions by the agency.these agents are 10 to 17 sounds crazy but nobody suspects that kids are up to anything so it can be very useful.the main characters it revovles around are James(16) and Lauren (12) Adams and James's girlfriend dana (17) an aussie girl. (this agency is brittish by the way) Im completely hooked on these, teenagers will devour these i have read so many i would recommend it to anyone who loves a book that you can't put down. If you love Alex Rider books you will love this even more Robert Muchamore is the best author i know please read this series!!!!!... Read review

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Advantages: Punchy, Exciting, Glamorous
Disadvantages: Maybe a bit too unrealistic in parts

...Man vs Beast is the sixth book in an excellent series by Robert Muchamore. The series centers around James and Lauren Adams who were plucked from a foster home when their mother died, and began their training at the CHERUB facility, a base for training kids to be super spies, as adults don't suspect kids would spy on them. Similarly to the Alex Rider books, the children in it seem to be too perfect and amazing at everything, but all books need a little fantasy. Robert Muchamore uses good teenage themes to engage readers, as he is bold enough to say what teenagers are really like, rather than in other teenage books, like the Harry Potter series, where the characters don't seem to swear, or be tempted by drugs, alcohol, cigarettes or sex, like many real teenagers would. Man vs Beast focuses on a CHERUB mission where Lauren, James and Kyle... Read review

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