The Sleepwalker (CHERUB) | 
 enlarge | Author: Robert Muchamore
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 1354
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 1
ISBN: 0340931833
EAN: 9780340931837
ASIN: 0340931833
Publication Date: February 7, 2008
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 Another, Enticing CHERUB Book, With two Seperate, Thrilling Plots January 2, 2009
Well Muchamore has done it again by writing another great book. Although Muchamore always has two different Plots running at the same time in his books, I think that this is one of the most gripping books written. You keep reading on and you can't stop as you want to find out what is wrong, yet you still want the comical side of James working in a "naff Cafe" with his ex-girlfriend, Kerry. I will explain the plot, however, I will not give the ending away: James, the main character, is on the Cherub campus and he needs to do work experience. He hopes it's to do with motorbikes however, all the places have run out, and he gets sent to a "naff cafe"/diner. This is one of the comical factors of this book. Moreover, he is working there with his ex-girlfriend (they don't get on very well). Meanwhile, a frustrated boy rings a police hotline following a plane crash in the Atlantic Ocean and the frustration and nervousness in his voice suggests that something is wrong. The boys name is Fahim and throughout the book, I think you start feel sad for fahim as he is going through a VERY hard time... I will not go any further as it will spoil it for those of you who have not read the book.
The Main Characters: the main characters are probably James who is doing his work experience along with Kerry. Fahim, the boy who rung the hotline is also a main character as well as Lauren and a few others on the mission to help Fahim.
Overall, I think this book is great for children of ages from 12-16 years of age. Muchamore has written a superb book again and I hope he writes more like it. *NOTE* this book does have the "sh" word in it. :)
Just Brillaint December 31, 2008
Fantastic, the series is awesome, i luv them. Please keep them coming.
The Sleep Walker is one of the best Cherub books in the series. Original, fun and full of adventure.
The Sleepwalker - Review by Tom McManus - Another exiting adventure! December 19, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Imagine a life where everyday you wake up to action, adventure, and fun; where you meet new people and go on life threatening mission, fighting terrorists with guns and going hand to hand combat with security guards. You don't have to imagine anymore as you enter the amazing world of the Cherub Campus.
Meet James Adams, just an ordinary kid at first sight right, but there is much more than meets the eye to him. James is part of the undercover organisation called Cherub who specialise in the training of children to become special agents. Who would think that a child has had extensive training in marshal arts, weapons, and explosive and have excellent academic scores? That is Cherub's main weapon and the agents undertake thrilling missions in order to stop bad guys, whether it's stopping terrorist or drug dealers or computer hackers.
Each book contains another exiting adventure and this time we join James and his friends as they investigate a suspicious plane crash. As the plot unfolds they find out that a terrorist organisation was behind the crash and now Lauren and Jake must befriend the son of the terrorist and bug the house; the only problem is that the terrorists are getting suspicious and tensions are rising. Will James and his friends make it out alive? Will there be another crash? Will justice prevail? Read "The Sleepwalker" to find out!
The Sleepwalker - Robert Muchamore December 17, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is an absolutely brilliant book. Probably the best of the amazing series so far. Packed with action and excitement and as usual captivates you until the book is finished. The perfect book for a teenage reader and a great present for your child.
If you are new to the series it is about a child organisation who works for the government. The agents get recruited from care homes and have to pass a gruelling exam which tests their physical and mental strengths. This organisation is called CHERUB. The child agents go on serious missions which will help save peoples lives.
Robert Muchamore has delivered again with a book which is the almost the best book I have ever read. Once I have read one page I feel I need to read the next. A great, great book.
 BIG disappointment - this will not win over new fans November 14, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Robert Muchamore usually delivers - until now! The first in the Cherub series, The Recruit, had me hooked on the adventures of child spy James Adams and his sister, Lauren.
But now for the first time the Cherub series has failed to compete with the other big spy book series - Alex Rider, Young James Bond, Jimmy Coates.
I feel very let down by The Sleepwalker. Muchamore usually creates believable and likeable characters, characters you invest your emotions in - or at least he tries. In The Sleepwalker, however, he dwells less on the people and more on the action, but even that is poorly executed.
His characters become cartoon-like, one-dimensional - with no real depth to them. The story within The Sleepwalker is also lacking. Although the book enjoys a tense and exciting opening chapter, it rapidly descends into a fiasco of plot and tedious training exercise sequences.
The success of the Cherub series, for me, was that you could 'just about' believe that a spy school for orphan kids was plausible. But I found the plot of The Sleepwalker too ridiculous to swallow. Perhaps Muchamore is running out of ideas, perhaps he was working to a tight deadline and had to rush things. Whatever the problem, this book is certainly the weakest link in the Cherub chain. I expected much, much more of Muchamore - but the hype surrounding the release of this book turned out to be much ado about nothing!
I know many other fans who feel the same way. Muchamore should stop trying to compete with Anthony Horowitz, Charlie Higson and Joe Craig, and just go back to doing his own thing in his original style.
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