CHERUB: Maximum Security
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| CHERUB: Maximum Security | |
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| Author | Robert Muchamore |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | CHERUB |
| Genre(s) | Children's, Thriller, Spy novel |
| Publisher | Hodder and Stoughton |
| Publication date | 14 April 2005 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0340884355 |
| Preceded by | CHERUB: Class A |
| Followed by | CHERUB: The Killing |
CHERUB: Maximum Security is the third novel in the CHERUB series of books, written by Robert Muchamore. It deals with the further story of James Adams and Dave Moss infiltration a maximum security prison in Arizona to get to the son of an international arms dealer.
[edit] Plot summary
At the start of the book, James Adams is struggling to come to terms with shooting someone in the previous book. However, when he is bowling along with some other CHERUB's, he gets into a fight at the bowling rink and as punishment they are sentence to a recruitment mission each.
However, James is saved from the recruitment mission when he is offered a position in an upcoming mission. James is joined on the mission by Dave Moss and his sister Lauren Adams, on her first mission. The mission is about Jane Oxford, international arms dealer, has been untracable for as long as she's been on the CIA's most wanted list. But then they come across a breakthrough: Jane's 14 year old son Curtis Oxford has been jailed for murdering 3 innocent people.
He's being held at Arizona Maximum Security Prison. They ask a favour from CHERUB, an organisation with one essential advantage: even experienced criminals don't expect kids are spying on them. However, after a prison fight Dave is injured and taken to hospital leaving only James to break out Curtis. James becomes friends with Curtis and they break out of the prison after injuring some guards. Met by Lauren, they force a woman to drive them thousands of kilometres until they reach Los Angeles.
However, Jane Oxford betrays them and orders some of her men to murder James and Lauren. With James having snuck out early, one of the murders starts smothering Lauren. In response, she stabs him in the throat with a Biro and knocks him unconscious. James with John Jones and an FBI team follow the other killer and Curtis, who is taking to Jane. They see Jane and arrest her and James and Lauren return to England.
Ironically, the murderer from the team assigned to dispose of James and Lauren, wounded during a shootout, survived his wounds only to be sentenced to death by an American court at a later date.
[edit] Awards and nominations
- Cheshire Children's Book Award 2007 - Winner.
- Portsmouth Children's Book Award 2006 - Winner.
- Grampian Children's Book Award 2006 - Runner Up.
- Doncaster Children's Book Award 2006 - Runner Up
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