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The Dealer (Cherub)

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This book is not one to disappoint. In fact I am a slow reader and I was able to read this book all the way through on a five hour flight! Muchamore's best writing characteristic is his characters they are deep and REAL which makes this book and all his others excellent beyond comparison. In fact I ordered some of his other books from England because they were not available in US.

I love this series. The charachters are well developed, the vocabulary is rich, and the adventure is high, and it never gets boring. I reccomend this series for anyone between 12 and 18.

I would agree with an earlier reviewer that these books are not suitable for readers under the age of about 14. There is a lot of supposedly 'real life' teenage interaction. (Some of it seems fairly realistic but actually some bits of it are a little embarrassing to be honest.)

But if you are over 14 or buying a book for a teenager then the CHERUB series is quite good. The first book ('The Recruit') is by far the best and from then on they get gradually less good throughout the series. This is book 2, so it's still worth reading.

The trouble is that the author tries to keep everything realistic for child spies, but for most of the missions this means that the only thing the child spies can actually do is break into someone's house and do a lot of photocopying. I don't know about you, but I don't read spy or action books so I can read about photocopying. If I wanted photocopying I'd go and find a job in an office.

So although this series has a strong concept, there is a lack of suspense in the plot and a lack of good, gripping action sequences. For fans of suspense, spies and action - and also for younger readers - I would recommend the better books: Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz and the Jimmy Coates books by Joe Craig.

The Dealer
The Dealer is a sequel to the first book, The Recruit, from the CHERUB series. If you liked the first, The Dealer is three times more exciting. This book is about Miami and illegal drug transportation. James had just finished from his last mission, then a few weeks later he was called in for another one that was even more dangerous and difficult.
Miami has always been the drug capital of the world, James was sent on a mission there because a cocaine dealer, and professional boxer, Keith Moore had been importing and exporting drugs more than usual. The reason that they sent James was because he needed to befriend his son Junior Moore and be a street dealer for Keith. He needed to do this so James would be around their house, while hanging out with Junior, and be able to plant bugs and cameras to figure out when his next deal was, but there were some men that Keith had scammed and they are coming after him.
This book is upbeat, exciting, and has another side story along with it. I recommend this book to anyone who likes action/adventure books, and for people who like comedy.
By: Tristan Litzo

I purchased The Dealer for my 13 year old son who read it in no time at all along with the rest of the series. He really enjoyed it and recommends it highly!!!

I purchased this book for my 14-year old son. He loves this series. Read each book in a couple of days because he couldn't set it down.

The Dealer
By: Robert Muchamore

The book I read was The Dealer by Robert Muchamore. In this report I will be telling you all about the book. I will tell you things about the main characters to the plot, the setting and my opinion on the book. Well I know you can't wait to read this let's get started.
"Good Guys": The main character in this book is James Adams. He was also the main character in the first book in this series. James is a 13 year old boy who works for a secret part of the British Military called Cherub. Kyle Blueman is one of James best friends at Cherub. Kyle met James at an orphanage while recruiting for Cherub. Kerry Chang is also one of James best friends at Cherub and he has a little crush on her. James and Kerry went through basic training together (basic training is a 100 day training period where agents prove they are worthy to be in Cherub). Nicole Eddison is another Cherub agent, one of James and Kerry's friends. James little sister Lauren, is also at Cherub, but she hasn't passed basic training yet.
"Bad Guys": The main bad guy is Keith Moore. He is a drug dealer and head of Keith Moore's Gang. Keith Moore Jr. (aka junior) is one Keith Moore's son (more about him later). April Moore is one of Keith Moore's daughter. Ringo Moore is Keith's other son and Erin is his other daughter. Dinesh is the son of Keith Moore's business partner, who helps bag cocaine for Keith Moore.
The story is about how four kids (James, Kerry, Kyle and Nicole) help bust the drug dealer Keith Moore. The kids assignments on the mission are to befriend the Moore children. James has to befriend Junior, Kerry and Erin, Nicole and April and Kyle is supposed to befriend Ringo. This is a dangerous job. James becomes a drug deliverer for Keith and so does Kerry. Nicole gets a thing going with Junior and James pretends to like April. James, April, Nicole and Junior all are friends and they go over to the Moore house a lot. Kerry finds out about Dineshe's Dad and Kerry James and his sister Laurens investigate the warehouse and found where Keith gets his cocaine bagged. James and Kerry get their cocaine stolen on a test run and they fight to get it back. After they do, Keith is very proud of them and tells them that Kerry can work with James on deliveries. After a party Nicole and Junior use cocaine and Nicole has to go to the hospital. Junior invite's James to go to Miami with him and his dad, Keith. On one of there last nights in Miami there house gets ambushed and James kill's a man in self defense. Then James runs away and meets up with the DEA official who has been helping him. They end up getting Keith Moore in prison for 15-20 years.
This story's setting takes place in a couple of places in London and in Miami, Florida.
The theme of this novel is about kids our age that work for MI5 and they help put a drug leader into prison.
I absolutely loved this story. I have read this book around 8 or 9 times. I can't stop reading it. The author makes it very addicting. The story is so good and exciting you never want to put this book down. I love how the author doesn't make it too unbelievable, yet he doesn't make it boring either. I also like the topic. Now there is a major problem with drugs and it makes sense to write a story about it. Robert Muchamore did a great job writing this book from a kid's perspective. It seems like a 12 or 13 year old kid is telling you this story. I highly recommend any 5th or 6th grade student, or older to pick up this book. Actually they should read the first book in the series (I could go on and on about it also).
Review was written by Matthew Wine.

Based on reviews I purchased Mission 1 & 2; I am returning them both today.
I read the first 60 pages, and this is what we got:
- bulling
- cynical dysfuctional family (no father, fat mother runs a crime ring for a living, doesn't care when son comes home early form school asking for help, cynical uncaring relationship of sibings, abusive step father)
- drunk mother suddenly dies (bulling issue unresolved)
- children shipped to foster home
- step dad separates kids (keeps 9-year old girl, rejects 11-year old boy)
- step dad takes possessesion of most valuable belongings
- boy gets caught by police when shoplifting beer for violent foster click
...

my husband randomly picked a page to read:
- descriptive kissing scene where a girl was kissing the (now 12?) year old boy while placing her hand...

This is just not what I have in mind for a spy novel with cool gatgets for my 10 year old son. This filth would lead most young minds to want to commit suicide...

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