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Maximum Security - Robert Muchamore |
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18/08/08 (67 review reads) |
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Advantages: Action packed book full of twists and turns and hard to put down
Disadvantages: None
After reading Robert Muchamores' first two books in the Cherub series, The Recruit and Class A, I found myself itching to proceed on through the rest of the series. The third book titled Maximum Security is about the main protagonist, embarking on a mission to bust a jail convict out of a lethal prison and finding a route to his notorious FBI wanted mother.
Cherub agents are orphans who have been given the chance to become a Cherub agent. They live in a campus which is in a undisclosed location and are provided full schooling and training to equip themselves to cope with their dangerous missions and tasks which they undergo.
As to the story, well it is far more action-packed and eventful than the previous two books in the Cherub series. The book begins on a childish note where a fight breaks out between two Cherubs and James Adams who intervenes to prevent a major incident occurring is also punished. The punishment is for all the Cherubs involved to undergo a recruitment mission where they look for kids with talent who could be chosen as Cherubs.
James is gracefully saved from a recruitment mission as he is offered a role in a mission. James's sister Lauren is also chosen for this mission and an experienced Cherub called Dave Moss. The mission is to find the whereabouts of a FBI wanted woman called Jane Oxford who is an international weapons dealer who has stolen numerous weapons from the USA and Britain and sold it on to militant groups. The one possibility is that they may be able to find out where this woman is through her son, Curtis Oxford who is in jail in Arizona Maximum due to murders which he committed. James Adams and Dave Moss are instructed to enter this jail as "convicts" and to befriend Curtis and bust him out, enabling them to follow Curtis straight to his mother.
However things are far from as easy as they seem, and with Dave Moss involved in a serious altercation and sent to hospital, only James remains. In a cell with many thugs and violent people, fulfilling the mission becomes increasingly difficult. As to what happens I shall not reveal but murders, guns, violence and the police feature heavily throughout the rest of the book with many unexpected events leaving the reader on a rollercoaster ride until the end.
Like the previous two books, I found this book very hard to put down and could have quite easily have read it all in one sitting. In my opinion, this book is the best in the series so far as it was full of twists and turns. This view is backed up as it has won two awards; the Cheshire Children's Book Award 2007 and the Portsmouth Children's Book Award 2006.
I would not recommend this book to young teenagers as this book is full of violence, guns, killing and explosions which would not be suitable for the younger reading audience. Muchamore himself states on the back of the book that it is unsuitable for younger readers and after reading the book I would agree with this.
Although the R.R.P of this book is £6.99, it can be picked up far cheaper at Amazon and other retailers. All in all, this book is a great read which will leave you gripped right until the end and is a must read!
Summary: An enthralling read and the best in the series yet
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