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| Author | Robert Muchamore |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Genre | Spy fiction |
| Publisher | Hodder and Stoughton |
| Published | April 30, 2004 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback and Paperback) |
CHERUB is a series of young adult spy novels, written by the English author Robert Muchamore, focusing around a division of the British Security Service named CHERUB, which employs minors, predominantly orphans, as intelligence officers.[1] As revealed in the Henderson's Boys novel Eagle Day, CHERUB stands for Charles Henderson Espionage Research Unit B.[2]
Initially, the series follows James Choke, or James Adams, which is his CHERUB name, as he enters CHERUB and performs various missions. However, the focus later turns to his sister Lauren and several other characters who get vital roles in the novels. The initial series of twelve novels runs from the recruitment of James Adams to his retirement from CHERUB at age seventeen.
After the success of the series in the United Kingdom, the novels have been released in the United States of America, New Zealand, and Australia, and translated into several languages including French, Danish, Spanish, Russian, Czech and Portuguese. A film adaptation was also commissioned, and casting is underway. Man Vs. Beast was the last novel to be published in the USA.[3]
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1. CHERUB Ultimate Edition. Consists of a map of the CHERUB campus, a bit about Robert Muchamore, and the novels The Recruit and Class A. Released October 2008.
The CHERUB novels have been released in twenty-three countries to date.[14]
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CHERUB is the name of the fictional organization in the series. After years of speculation, Muchamore hinted in the Henderson's Boys novel Eagle Day that CHERUB stood for Charles Henderson Espionage Research Unit B, this was later confirmed by Eileen McAfferty in a telegram in Secret Army. CHERUB is a division of MI5. It was formed during World War II by Charles Henderson; a British spy who had used children during an operation in France. However, the official administrator of Cherub was Eileen McAfferty.[2] CHERUB began with a small number of boys which swelled in size as the government realised its worth. After several years of operation it took in a trial group of girls, which proved successful. Thus, girls became a part of Cherub. Since then the cherub campus has grown a significant amount, improving many of its facilities. The dojo was built on behalf of a successful operation that took place in Japan and the new mission preparation building was built by the 'head', of the first 6 novels, Dr Macafferty better known as Mac. The present 'head' is Zara Asker
Since its formation, CHERUB has had four fatalities. Two boys were killed whilst operating in East Germany in 1954 (fourteen-year-old Johan Urminski and nine-year-old Jason Lennox, causes of death unknown). This resulted in the first version of the 100 day training program and rules to stop kids under ten years old from acting in the field. The third fatality was caused by a mix of snake bite and being given the wrong antivenom, whilst operating in India in 1967 (seventeen-year-old Katherine Field). The fourth died due to a landmine explosion whilst operating in the Falkland Islands in 1982 (fourteen-year-old Thomas Webb).
Throughout the series there is a ranking system for the experience/skills of members:
A further series has been announced which involves an almost completely new cast of CHERUB agents, centred upon Ryan Sharma, however sixteen-year-old Lauren Adams will also appear. As of 2010, three novels have been announced.[15] The first novel, People's Republic was released on August 1, 2011[16] with the next two novels, Guardian Angel and Black Friday being released in September 2012[17] and September 2013[18] respectively.
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