CHERUB, Book 3: Maximum Security

by Robert Muchamore

Paperback, 2005

Status

Available

Call number

823

Publication

Hodder Children's Books (2005), Paperback, 288 pages

Description

In order to contact his parent, an illegal weapons dealer, CHERUB comes up with a plan to break the son out of his maximum security prison, but the plan is complicated and will require all their collective skills.

User reviews

LibraryThing member kfrazer
304/304 The main character James goes undercover with another agent into a maximum security prison into the juvenile section. They were to get close to one kid whose dad was a huge criminal. They end up breaking out of the jail and have to go through many cercumstances and have to make it through
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them other wise all three of the boys could end up in jail for life.
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LibraryThing member cranbrook
Two hundred eighty child criminals live in the sunbaked desert prison Arizona Max. One of them is the son of a weapons dealer who has been selling U.S. missiles to terrorists. If CHERUB can get the kid, they can get the parent. Over the years, CHERUB has put plenty of criminals behind bars. Now,
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for the first time ever, they've got to break one out....
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LibraryThing member SamuelW
After getting off to an impressive start with The Recruit and Class A, Robert Muchamore's bestselling CHERUB series hits something of a stumbling block in Maximum Security. The first few chapters are particularly unimpressive. Muchamore's usual, punchy style is dragged down by extra padding, and
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our reintroduction to James – a rather unoriginal brawl at a bowling alley – is punctuated by clichés and exaggerations. Lauren's basic training, despite thrusting readers into a bleak Alaskan snowfield, seems to have none of the gruelling boot-camp charisma that James' ordeal did. By the time a suitably challenging task does present itself, the reader's interest will be somewhat dampened. Perhaps Muchamore's editor has adopted a more lenient stance following the success of his first two books.

Fortunately, the novel improves as it warms up. The standout, tried and true features of the series are more than enough to save this instalment, particularly the grit and authenticity imparted by Muchamore's research. This novel is probably worth reading just for its accessible insight into life in a young offender's prison. The usual grim glimpses into the characters' flaws and failings help to make it even more convincing, particularly where Curtis Oxford is concerned, and once the break-out gets rolling, there are enough twists and turns to make for an absorbing thriller.

Muchamore does not pull free from his flaws completely. Perhaps the most glaring problem is the ease with which the breakout occurs. If all 'maximum security' prisons in the USA are this easy to escape from, there is little wonder that crime is such a problem there. Then there is James' relationship with Vaughn Little, which might have tugged on the heartstrings if the exact same trick hadn't already been used in the previous book with Keith Moore. These faults are disappointing, but they are nothing that the momentum of the series will not sustain.

It may not be one of the stronger CHERUB novels, but Maximum Security spins a tight, engaging yarn in under three hundred pages, and the fans should have no trouble devouring it. Thankfully, Muchamore appears to be defying the common trend; so far, his books are getting shorter instead of longer.
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LibraryThing member read101
This is the third book in the Cherub series about when Dave Moss and Jame go on a mission to try and break Curtis Oxford out of prison and make him help to bring down his criminal Mother, Jane Oxford.
LibraryThing member zeyu
This book is the third in the series of Cherub. Cherub is a branch of the British Intelligence Service. They train children and use them as spies. In this book, Cherub agents go into a maximum security prison and try to bust someone out of there. So did the agents succeed? Read the book to find
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out.
As usual, the agent in the Cherub series is James Adams. He doesn’t change much in this book. He still the bad temper and is a dare devil.
I recommend this book to young teenagers. This is because they might like the action and the fact that kids can also be spies.
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LibraryThing member SMG-Ngiabardo
maximum security was an exiting story that kept me attached to the book and i could also read it over and over again. its also more of a action and sort of violent but i really enjoyed it!
LibraryThing member smg-gphillips
when james adams has to infultrate a maximum security prison in the arizona desert he finds him self in the middle of demestic violance and he has to get to the father, but know one knows were he is.
"the best book i have read all year".
LibraryThing member smg-JHardwick
This is a great book for young adults included alot of action, thrills and adventure. It was about James a boy who tries to find a wepon dealer.
LibraryThing member murratho2018
Another one of my favourite books, full of suspense and action packed. James is out on his second mission, he has a fake identity and goes undercover to a maximum security prisson to become friends with one of the worlds worst criminal's son. James succedes and with bribes and other tactics they
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break out and James's new friend leads him and Cherub staight to his mother- the criminal. Highly reccomend this book, an excellent novel.
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LibraryThing member smg-brichards
It Gooooooood.
LibraryThing member funstm
I liked that Lauren got to be a part of this mission. Although pretty unrealistic - the whole story was intense and the action was riveting. Curtis is in need of some serious help. I don't have an opinion on the cheating but I do have strong opinions on how James treats women in general. His
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attitude to women is fairly disgusting and it makes me hate him very much at times. I think it sends the wrong message to readers - that this sort of treatment of women is okay - and frankly it's not.
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Language

Original publication date

2005-04-14

Physical description

288 p.; 7.72 inches

ISBN

0340884355 / 9780340884355

Local notes

Over the years CHERUB has put plenty of criminals behind bars. Now they've got to break one out.

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