Ponti globe-trots his characters in this third installment, thus, keeping the action at an octane level and readers engaged. Forbidden City, just like its predecessors, is a stay up until you fall asleep page-turner with short chapters and the classic hook at the end where you attempt to read just one more chapter. The subject heading may read action and adventure, but I would delete that and say action-packed. One of my favourite new series, City Spies, has much to offer to middle-grade readers.
This time the five are protecting a North Korean nuclear physicist from the Umbra organization and keeping a billionaire under surveillance to see if a connection between his music label and a recent threat from an old Soviet missile base exists.įor further details, please refer to this GoodReads Link. A super-spy, known as Mother and a codebreaker analyst Monty, look after the five young spies and have formed their family.
If you are unfamiliar with the series, City Spies consists of five tween/teenagers, each with a unique skill set, and are part of MI6 special secret operative cleverly housed under the guise of The FARM (Foundation of Atmospheric Research and Monitoring). In James Ponti’s latest book Forbidden City, the City Spies have their hands full with a few missions and are trapezing across the globe. You can find a few more details about 5-4-3-2-1 here. Meanwhile, Sydney’s embedded as a junior reporter for a teen lifestyle site as she follows the daughter of a British billionaire on tour with the biggest act on her father’s music label to uncover what links both the band and the billionaire have to a recent threat from an old Soviet missile base.įrom a daring break-in at one of London’s most exclusive homes to a dangerous undercover mission to a desperate search and rescue operation on the streets of Beijing, the City Spies have their work cut out for them on their most dangerous mission yet.Thank you to Edelweiss+ and the publisher Aladdin for a digital ARC of this title to read. The sinister Umbra has their sights set on recruiting a North Korean nuclear physicist by any means necessary, and the City Spies plan to keep an eye on his son by sending Paris to the chess prodigy’s tournaments in Moscow and Beijing. Smith’s Spy School for Girls.Īfter taking down a mole within their organization, the City Spies are ready for their next mission-once again using their unique skills and ability to infiltrate places adults can’t. In this third “thrilling” (Kirkus Reviews) installment in the New York Times bestselling series from Edgar Award winner James Ponti, the young group of spies help a fellow agent in another international adventure perfect for fans of Spy School and Mrs.
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