Ron Fulleman

Author of Easy Read YA and Hi/Low MG Books

City Spies (City Spies, #1)

City Spies book cover
Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose her foster parents as cheats and lawbreakers. However, instead of being hailed as a hero, Sara finds herself facing years in a juvenile detention facility and banned from using computers for the same stretch of time. Enter Mother, a British spy who not only gets Sara released from jail but also offers her a chance to make a home for herself within a secret MI6 agency. Operating out of a base in Scotland, the City Spies are five kids from various parts of the world. When they’re not attending the local boarding school, they’re honing their unique skills, such as sleight of hand, breaking and entering, observation, and explosives. All of these allow them to go places in the world of espionage where adults can’t. Before she knows what she’s doing, Sarah is heading to Paris for an international youth summit, hacking into a rival school’s computer to prevent them from winning a million euros, dangling thirty feet off the side of a building, and trying to stop a villain…all while navigating the complex dynamics of her new team. No one said saving the world was easy…

City Spies by James Point is a delightful read for both young and old alike. I have been wanting to read this book for some time, but only recently got around to reading it, and I’m sorry I waited so long. 

The characters are interesting, well written, likable, ethnically diverse, and often funny (though it isn’t a comedy book). Young readers looking for a story that will capture their attention will be well off in reading City Spies. Older readers looking for a quicker, “brain candy” type of read will enjoy this story too, especially if they like to travel. There’s a lot of traveling in the story.

City Spies is the first in a series and I look forward to reading all the other books in this series.

City Spies (City Spies, #1)
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