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The Recruit is the first novel in the CHERUB series, written by Robert Muchamore. It introduces most of the main characters, such as James Adams (formerly Choke), Lauren Adams (formerly Onions), Kyle Blueman, and Kerry Chang. It was released in the United Kingdom by Hodder Children's Books on 30 April 2004, and by Simon Pulse in the United States on 30 August 2005.

Plot[edit]

The Recruit begins with eleven-year-old James Choke in his combined science class in his first term of secondary school, where he accidentally slashes classmate Samantha Jennings' face with a nail on the wall after she teases him about his mother's obesity. He shoves his teacher over and runs home, an offence he is later expelled for, to find his stepfather Ronald 'Ron' Onions visiting his mother, Gwen Choke. He goes back to school to pick up his nine-year-old half-sister, Lauren Onions and they eat dinner at a local burger bar. They return home to find Ron gone and Gwen asleep, with multiple missed calls from the school on her phone and a note from the Deputy Head Teacher pushed under the door. Later that night, James discovers that his mum has died, which he later finds out is due to her consuming alcohol while taking painkillers. James is sent to a children's home called Nebraska House, where he shares a room with thirteen-year-old CHERUB agent Kyle Blueman. Lauren, however, is taken to live with her father Ron, who dislikes James and doesn't allow him to visit her. Contrary to Kyle's advice, James befriends Rob Vaughn and his friends. A few weeks later, on his twelfth birthday, James is called in to the police station, where he receives a caution for assaulting Samantha Jennings and his teacher, Cassandra Voolt. Later that night, Rob and his cronies convince him to steal a pack of beer from an off-licence. The shopkeeper catches him after two of Rob's cronies block the door, preventing James from escaping. He is escorted to the police station, where he is placed in a cell and his statement recorded.

The next morning, James awakes naked in a room at CHERUB campus. After dressing, he finds his way to reception, where the receptionist directs him to the office of CHERUB Chairman Dr. Terrence 'Mac' McAfferty. He introduces him to CHERUB and puts him through a series of entrance tests where he meets Bruce Norris. He passes all the entrance tests, and is then sent back to Nebraska House to decide whether or not he wants to join. Kyle reveals that he was sent to recruit new agents, and chose him. Upon returning to CHERUB, Kyle shows James his new room, and he meets his handler, Meryl Spencer. In her office, he chooses his new name, James Robert Athony Adams (after Arsenal F.C. player Tony Adams). He is then given a physical assessment, and told to run 30km per week and learn how to swim. He is taught to swim by Amy Collins, a sixteen-year-old black-shirt CHERUB agent. A few days after arriving at CHERUB campus, Kyle sneaks him onto a one-day mission in London to visit Lauren; Kyle is reprimanded but James gets off with a warning. Three weeks after his arrival at CHERUB campus, he and seven other recruits begin Basic Training, a rigorous 100-day course designed to prepare CHERUB agents for missions, and is paired up with Kerry Chang, a recruit with two attempts at Basic Training under her belt. Despite nearly quitting after spending Christmas night outside in their underwear, they both pass. Shortly after arriving back on campus, he finds out that Lauren has joined CHERUB as well and Ron has been sentenced to nine years in jail for physically abusing her and selling contraband cigarettes.

Two months later, Amy tells James that their swimming lessons are over, and they have a mission together. Overseen by mission controller Ewart Asker, they are to stay with Cathy Dunn at Fort Harmony, a hippy commune in Wales. There, they discover that brothers Fire and World Dunn are planning an anthrax attack against 200 oil executives and politicians, including the United States Secretary of Energy and the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, at Petrocon, an oil conference held in the nearby Green Brooke Conference Centre. They successfully prevent the attack, although accomplice Brian 'Bungle' Evans manages to escape. For his exemplary job in the mission, James is awarded a navy CHERUB T-shirt.

Characters[edit]

Development and publication[edit]

Development for both The Recruit and the CHERUB series as a whole began in 1999 when Muchamore was visiting his sister in Australia and found his twelve-year-old nephew complaining about the lack of any good reading material.^[2] In 2001, Muchamore began working on an unnamed novel, KN1 (Kids novel 1). This draft was more violent than the published version, with James slashing Samantha's face open with broken glass.^[2] Robert Muchamore did not approach a literary agent until Autumn 2002. By this time the novel was called CHERUB 1.0. He was rejected by the first agent but taken on by the second. Many different publishing companies disliked the novel and rejected Muchamore once again. In March 2003, Hodder Children's Books purchased CHERUB 1.0 and an unnamed sequel, both for release in 2004.^[2]

Translation[edit]

The Recruit has been translated into 20 languages, including:

• Czech - Nováček (The novice)
• French - 100 jours en enfer (100 days in hell)
• German - Top Secret: Der Agent (Top Secret: The agent)
• Japanese - スカウト (Scout)^[3]
• Polish - Rekrut
• Portuguese - O Recruta
• Russian - Новобранец (The Rookie)
• Spanish - Entrenamiento Básico (Basic Training)
• Norwegian - Rekrutten
• Danish - Ilddåb (Firebirth)
• Dutch - Top Secret
• Hebrew - מלאך: הגיוס (Angel: The Recruitment)

Adaptations[edit]

Graphic novel[edit]

A graphic novel adaption of the book, adapted by Ian Edginton and illustrated by John Aggs, was released on 4 August 2012 by Hodder Children's Books.^[4]

Audio book[edit]

A 3-CD audiobook was released in the UK on 21 September 2006, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt.^[5][6]

Critical reception[edit]

The Recruit received generally good reviews, and was nominated for eight awards, seven of which it won.^[7]The Sunday Express described the book as 'Punchy, exciting, glamorous and, what's more, you'll completely wish it was true.'^[8]

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Muchamore, Robert. 'Mad Dogs'. cherubcampus.com. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
2. ^ ^abcMuchamore, Robert. 'Robert Muchamore biography'. muchamore.com. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
3. ^'CHERUB: Mission 1 - Scout' (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 August 2014.
4. ^Muchamore, Robert. 'The Recruit - Graphic Novel'. cherubcampus.com. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
5. ^'The Recruit audiobook'. Hodder Children's Books. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
6. ^'CHERUB: The Recruit [Abridged] [Audible Audio Edition]'. Amazon. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
7. ^ ^abcdeMuchamore, Robert. 'The Recruit'. cherubcampus.com. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
8. ^'The Recruit: Robert Muchamore'. booklore.co.uk. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
9. ^'Red House Children's Book Award - Past Winners'. Red House. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
10. ^'Robert Muchamore wins Bolton Children's Book Award'. SLA. 4 July 2005. Archived from the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
11. ^'The 2005 Award'. Salford.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
12. ^'Sakura Medal 2007 Winners'. ASIJ. Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2014.

External links[edit]

• Official website for the UK edition
• Official website for the US edition

Publication Order of CHERUB Books

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Publication Order of CHERUB Graphic Novels

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Cherub is a series of novels from Robert Muchamore, a renowned English writer. Classified as young adult, the novels tell the story of a British Security Service Division called Cherub that employs young orphaned children as intelligence agents.

+The story

The Cherub novels primarily revolve around one boy, James, who was recruited into the organization at the age of 12. The term Cherub in the story is used to refer to the child spies that Cherub uses to accomplish its mission.

James Choke (also known as James Adams) drives the story of Cherub, the novels charting his life upon entering Cherub and the various missions he undertakes. Later on, the novels expand their focus to include Lauren, his sister, as well as the various other agents working by his side.

Even with these temporary detours, though, the initial twelve novels in the Cherub series largely focused on James’ story, chronicling his life from recruitment to retirement at the age of seventeen.

Aramov, the second series of novels, also set within the Cherub world, changes gears, instead bringing another agent, Ryan Sharma to the fro, with James making sporadic appearances as a Cherub staff member later on.

The history of Cherub is explored in Robert Muchamore’s “Henderson’s Boys” series, during which the tales of a twelve-year-old boy and his encounter with Charles Henderson not only prove the valuable role children could play in winning World War II but also initiated the process of Cherub’s creation.

The Cherub novels are very high-paced. They also provide a lot of details about the missions the protagonists undertake, not only allowing readers to invest in the stakes of the story but allowing them to grow attached to the characters in the long run.

The fact that the author places so much emphasis on the personal lives of his characters allows them to come to life, making the series an engaging experience for all sorts of readers.

It should be noted, though, that the book isn’t always appropriate reading for younger individuals. Not only does it feature occasional swearing but it makes a lot of reference to drugs and violence, with adult themes like sex becoming commonplace in later books.

The books are rarely as lighthearted as some people expect them to be. However, they are a must-read for fans of the young adult genre.

+The Author

Robert Muchomore is the author of the Cherub series of novels. The English Author was born on 26th December 1972. Born in London, Robert is the youngest of four children.

Growing up in Tufnell Park, the author attended St. Johns Upper Holloway and Acland Burghley, hoping to become an architect and a photographer, possibly even a writer. During his training, he wasn’t impressed to learn about the amount of work that he would need to do in order to become an architect.

A weekend job at a camera shop also tainted his love for photography, and so he turned to writing. He quickly found that he lacked the skill to produce the quality of work he desired. He quit soon after, eventually landing a job with a private investigation company.

Success in the literary arena began for the author when his nephew in Australia complained that he couldn’t find any novels he actually enjoyed. In response, Robert began working on stories for books he would have enjoyed during his childhood, books that stood somewhere between children’s novels and adult stories.

The Cherub series came into being, following a cast of children that were used by a British Secret Service Division to execute tasks because their age prevented targets from taking them seriously. The series has garnered the author many an award.

The majority of the author’s work has revolved around the Cherub world, though, as of recent, he has been making an effort to explore stories outside the Cherub universe.

+The Recruit

Cherub spies are trained at a young age to hack into computers, steal crucial documents, and bug houses. They now have a new recruit. James is recently orphaned. He is also brilliant at Math. With a hundred grueling days of training behind him, the young star begins his first mission.

While The Recruit, the first book in the Cherub series, doesn’t attract as much interest as the Alex Rider novels and other books of the same ilk, it is none the less quite impressive for the first book in a series.

The book introduces James, a new recruit who feels lucky that he found and was integrated into the Cherub system. James is reckless and often finds himself in trouble. As readers, you follow him as he undertakes the grueling training system, cheering him on as he seeks to triumph over adversity.

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With his eyes finally set on his first mission, the book helps you attach to James’ story, adding suspense to the mix as he prepares to march into the field, putting his training to the test.

For the most part, while James succeeds as a protagonist, he doesn’t compare favorably with similar protagonists such as Alex Rider. IN fact, he can get a bit annoying sometimes.

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While the missions are largely boring and the characters are nothing memorable, this book succeeds because of its pace, keeping readers engaged by creating the sense that it is building up to something.

It is easy to see why so many disliked the book, though. The Recruit is a unique novel, aimed towards a very young audience. It isn’t likely to appeal to the tastes and preferences of most people.

+Class A

Keith Moore is the biggest cocaine dealer Europe has ever seen. The police continue to hound him, even though there is never enough evidence to convict him. Four Cherub agents have now joined the hunt. Can they successfully infiltrate Moore’s organization where so many experienced cops have failed?

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Class A is a far better read than its predecessor. Not only is the story brilliant but the writing and pacing make putting it down quite hard. Admittedly, Class A will offend some people, especially parents who will not appreciate the foul language and sexual innuendos.

James is fleshed out quite well in Class A, and his supporting cast no less brilliant. Only the swear words mire what could have been a great read.