Hey my Wormlets. It's your Executive Worm (otherwise known as Phoebe) back with another post. I just recently finished a very amazing book called The Double Cross by Jackson Pearce. This book is a new favorite of mine because of its exciting, well written plot and all of the unexpected twists.
Today, I'm going to give you a summary (without spoilers) and my thoughts on this book. Onward! SYNOPSIS: Twelve year old Hale Jordan is not built like your typical spy-in-training at his spy agency (The Sub Rosa Society or SRS for short). His mother calls him big-boned, while everyone else says it like it is and calls him fat, giving him the fitting, but rather unflattering, nickname of Hale the Whale. Though he can't pass the intensive physical exam that graduates you to a junior agent, Hale desperatly wants to work on the grounds as a feild agent who would spend most of his time cracking codes, planting systems, and completing missions for his agency. Hale's parents are a "big deal" in the spy world (though they have to be discreet outside of it) and are called "The Team" because they work so well together on all of their missions. His parents are known for being able to complete super difficult cases while still coming home before bedtime. But when "The Team" is assigned to a mysterious and ultra secret (in fact, a Gold Level Classified) case called Project Groundcover, things change. Hale is called into the office to find out that his parents are missing out in the field His whole agency suspects that their arch enemy organization, The Leauge, is responsible for the disappearance of Hale's parents, but when SRS refuses to do anything to try to find and recover his mom and dad, Hale (with help from his back-flipping, chart-wheeling little sister Kennedy) has to take action himself. The problem is, as Hale's parents warned him before they left to start Project Groundcover, heroes don't always look like heroes, and villains don't always look like villains. MY REACTION: This book had me yearning for more and there were plenty of plot twists. One thing that I particularly loved about it was that everything was included in it for a reason. Some seemingly random detail would turn out to make a whole lot of difference later on. You would think you knew how something would turn out, and then there would be a twist. Because of this, each chapter was kept fresh and I was hooked. Long story short, I checked out the sequel (The Inside Job) from the library! I WOULD RECOMMEND.... I would recommend this book for kids and teens (particularly the ages 9-14). I did not find it very inappropriate but there is a hint of violence and it can get a bit intense. It is a relatively long book (around 300 pages) but very readable. UNTIL NEXT TIME That's it for the review! I hope you, dear reader, enjoyed the post. I will be back soon with another! -Phoebe (Book Addict, Lover of Chapters)
6 Comments
Rose E.
6/16/2017 05:05:35 pm
another great post Phoebe!
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Phoebe
6/17/2017 10:49:52 am
Thank you, Rose!
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D. Datch
6/16/2017 06:09:05 pm
Sounds fun. I'd read it myself if it weren't for my advanced age, chronic laziness, and easy access to a daughter who likes to retell the stories she reads.
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Phoebe
6/18/2017 05:22:26 am
Good call because I can gladly tell you all you want to know and more!
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Phoebe
7/7/2017 07:13:09 am
Thank you, Rachel!
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