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City Spies

City Spies

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  • Author：James Ponti
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Summary

Five kids seemingly forgotten by the world join forces to hone their skills and become real-life spies in this first novel of a brand-new series that #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Grabenstein said "may keep you up all night--reading！" And it's perfect for fans of Spy School and Mrs。 Smith's Spy School for Girls。

Five kids from around the globe。 Home is a castle on the coast of Scotland。 They attend an elite prep school， and just happen to be part of an experimental， off-the-books program run by Britain's MI6。 They call themselves the City Spies because the only connections they maintain to their pasts are the codenames taken from their hometowns: Brooklyn， Paris， Sydney， Rio， and Kat （short for Kathmandu）。

Overseeing the team is an unlikely pair: a legendary British spy thought to have been killed in a massive explosion and a brilliant biophysicist/cryptologist who is part Marie Curie， part Mary Poppins。 They help the five form a family while also training them in a unique blend of high tech gadgetry and old school spy craft。

This first story focuses on Sara Martinez， Brooklyn， who is a hacker。 She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose her foster parents as cheats and law breakers。 However， instead of being hailed a hero， Sara finds herself facing years in a juvenile detention facility and being 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 MI-5 agency。

Before she know what she's doing， Sara is helping to hack into a rival team's computer to prevent them from winning， dangling thirty feet off the side of a building in Paris， and trying to stop a villain from releasing a deadly virus into the air conditioning system of a secure building all while navigating the complex dynamics of her new team。

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Reviews

Leo ，

review=a great book with lots of details; 5 friends to stop a deadly virus with no cure， hacking， and stopping evil from spreading through the world。spoiler alert after this is a spoiler---------------------------------------------------- This book is about Sara Martinize， who is a hacker。 She just hacked the New York city foster care to try to expose her foster parents as law breakers， instead of being seen as a hero。 She was sentenced to a few years in jail。 But she narrowly escaped it by a Br review=a great book with lots of details; 5 friends to stop a deadly virus with no cure， hacking， and stopping evil from spreading through the world。spoiler alert after this is a spoiler---------------------------------------------------- This book is about Sara Martinize， who is a hacker。 She just hacked the New York city foster care to try to expose her foster parents as law breakers， instead of being seen as a hero。 She was sentenced to a few years in jail。 But she narrowly escaped it by a British spy faking to be a lawyer， working for the MI6 agency。 Sara dropped by her foster parents' house， and got her things， and also locked them onto their roof。 She travelled to Scotland by plane， and got spied on by MI6 members。 Sara went to farm， an operations home for the M16 agency， and also a weather station。 Brooklyn （Sara's code name; their code names are named after their city's。）， travelled to Paris with 5 kids， Paris， Kat， Rio， and Sydney from various parts of the world。 At Farm， they trained to go to France to solve the case of the purple thumb。 Nobody， even the police has solved the case， even though they have identified who the thumb belongs to （someone that is not alive）。 In France Paris， Kat， Rio， Sydney， and Brooklyn would attend a climate change summit during their stay at the three lions， one of the most secure hotels in France， with lots of handy things， like bullet proof windows， tunnels to the embassy， and more。 While in France， they would encounter murders， deadly virus， hacking their rival school's computer to prevent them from wining， moving through tunnels that were dug during World War II， trying to prevent the murder of Stavros Sinclair， who was a rich man， and dangling from a building to prevent a deadly virus from spreading by an evil person called Rada， and trying to stop a villain。 She would face hurdles along with her teammates。 。。。more

Susan Findling ，

Fun middle school adventure introduces readers to a new group of spy kids who work for MI6。 The books started slowly with a lot of character development， but got better as the story progressed。 Next up to read is the second book， City Spies Golden Gate。

Keira Blevens ，

I loved this book！ It is a fun， quick read that I really enjoyed。 I like the characters， plot， setting， everything。 I will be continuing this series。 I recommend！

Wendi Wanders ，

Fun adventureDiverse cast of kids （from Puerto Rico， Rwanda， Nepal， Australia）， with unique skills are brought together by an MI6 agent under deep cover to form a unique group of spies。Mostly the diversity shows up in the illustration of each kid at the back of the book and the fact that the writer tells us where they are from。 They all read like middle class white American kids， in spite of the fact that most of them were recruited as street kids or foster kids in their home cities。Still a fun Fun adventureDiverse cast of kids （from Puerto Rico， Rwanda， Nepal， Australia）， with unique skills are brought together by an MI6 agent under deep cover to form a unique group of spies。Mostly the diversity shows up in the illustration of each kid at the back of the book and the fact that the writer tells us where they are from。 They all read like middle class white American kids， in spite of the fact that most of them were recruited as street kids or foster kids in their home cities。Still a fun read， clean， exciting， interesting mystery for middle grades。 。。。more

Vidya Sastry ，

Is like reading an episode of Kim Possible but waaaay better！

Carli ，

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 for this fun， action-packed adventure。 Sara， on trial in juvenile court for hacking the NYC juvenile system’s database， finds herself with a very。。。unconventional lawyer。 Well， he isn’t a lawyer EXACTLY， but he does manage to get her sentence moved to a fictional facility。 He then reveals that he is a spy for MI6， a British organization， and offers her a home and a chance to join an elite group of spies。 Sara is whisked into the world of spying， with plenty of adventures along the way ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 for this fun， action-packed adventure。 Sara， on trial in juvenile court for hacking the NYC juvenile system’s database， finds herself with a very。。。unconventional lawyer。 Well， he isn’t a lawyer EXACTLY， but he does manage to get her sentence moved to a fictional facility。 He then reveals that he is a spy for MI6， a British organization， and offers her a home and a chance to join an elite group of spies。 Sara is whisked into the world of spying， with plenty of adventures along the way。 There is a sequel， which I am excited to listen to as well！ Hand to fans of Laura Ruby’s York series or the Mysterious Benedict Society。 Recommended for grades 5+。 。。。more

Toni Perreira ，

A heroine for the ages。 A young girl hacks the foster care system computers to revel her foster family as crooks and finds herself recruited。 Read on for a great adventure with well developed characters。

shadow girl ，

nice！

Tim ，

Dit was een pak beter dan ik had verwacht。De mensen die al langer mijn besprekingen hier volgen， zullen al wel gemerkt hebben dat ik nogal weg ben van kinder- en jeugdige spionnen。 Wereldspionnen is een nieuwe aanwinst in dat lijstje。 Eerst was ik nog redelijk afwachtend， maar dat kwam vooral vanwege de korte inhoud: die is op een ontzettend kinderachtige， nogal belachelijke stijl geschreven。 Maar gelukkig klinkt het boek zelf heel wat volwassener。Het werkt een beetje verwarrend dat er zonder wi Dit was een pak beter dan ik had verwacht。De mensen die al langer mijn besprekingen hier volgen， zullen al wel gemerkt hebben dat ik nogal weg ben van kinder- en jeugdige spionnen。 Wereldspionnen is een nieuwe aanwinst in dat lijstje。 Eerst was ik nog redelijk afwachtend， maar dat kwam vooral vanwege de korte inhoud: die is op een ontzettend kinderachtige， nogal belachelijke stijl geschreven。 Maar gelukkig klinkt het boek zelf heel wat volwassener。Het werkt een beetje verwarrend dat er zonder witregels versprongen wordt van het ene personage naar het andere （in hij-vorm， welteverstaan）， maar de personages op zich zijn echt geweldig。 Ik denk niet dat er op dat vlak echt veel verrassingen in zitten， want uiteindelijk hebben al die boeken hetzelfde uitgangspunt: een groepje mensen， vier à zes， die allemaal bijzondere talenten hebben die van pas komen om spionnenwerk uit te voeren。 Maar de voorbeelden die dan gegeven worden over wat ze juist kunnen met die talenten， dat vind ik altijd een genot om te lezen。 Vooral de scène rond bladzijde 100 was geweldig， maar nog een hoop andere ook。 Ze zijn geniaal， op zoveel manieren， en Ponti is geniaal dat hij al die situaties bedacht heeft。Want we volgen dus inderdaad vijf （min of meer） kinderen， en nog een hoop andere personages， die de wereld moeten redden。 Ze worden allemaal erg goed en uniek vormgegeven， en ze zijn allemaal een plezier om over te lezen。 De achtergrondhoofdstukken zijn ook geweldig， vooral dan over Sara/Brooklyn en Olivia/Sydney。 Dat is nog iets verdomd origineels， trouwens: de kinderen gebruiken niet hun geboortenamen maar noemen zichzelf naar de plekken waar ze vandaan komen。 Dat dat allemaal namen zijn van steden die evengoed persoonsnamen kunnen zijn， valt wel op， maar hé， liever dat dan dat je personages hebt die Aarhus， San Francisco of Kaapstad heten natuurlijk。 Alleen met Parijs vind ik het een beetje raar dat die naam vertaald is。 Ik begrijp dat de naam van de stad natuurlijk wel altijd de Nederlandse vorm krijgt， maar 'Parijs' als jongensnaam， da's toch wel even iets anders。 Terwijl 'Paris' wel kan。 Mariella Manfré had dat naar mijn mening iets anders mogen aanpakken。Maar verder is die vertaling ook heel goed geslaagd。 Er stond één of twee keer iets in waar ik even bij fronste， maar niks te groots， gewoon iets dat niet helemaal paste。 En ergens was er een woord vergeten， dat ook。 Maar verder niets dan lof。 Tof ook dat de Engelse manier van hoofdlettergebruik bij titels van boeken， films en dergelijke aangehouden wordt， dat ziet er zoveel beter uit dan de Nederlandse manier。 （Waarom heeft de uitgeverij er trouwens voor gekozen om er 'Wereldspionnen' van te maken als de Engelse titel van de reeks 'City Spies' is？ Even muggenziften hier - maar ik snap gewoon niet goed waarom ze dat hebben aangepast。）Ik was over de personages bezig。。。 Naast de vijf 'centrale' personages zijn er nog een hele resem andere ook， zoals Moeder （don't ask）， Monty en Charlotte。 En die stelen ook allemaal de show。 Ik hoop trouwens echt dat Charlotte nog veel aanwezig gaat zijn。 Tussen haar en Brooklyn kan er vuurwerk komen。En het verhaal is ook gewoon steengoed。 Er gebeurt verdomd veel in een relatief kort boek， zeker omdat natuurlijk alles in gang gezet moet worden。 Maar dan nog， wauw。 Die laatste vijftig bladzijdes razen echt voorbij。 Er zit zoveel in， het is echt ontzettend spannend， en al dat spionnenwerk en de oplossingen die de kinderen verzinnen zijn ingenieus uitgedokterd。 Ik ben eigenlijk echt onder de indruk。 Nog niet meteen een boek dat ik ga kopen， ik kijk het nog even aan， maar als het volgende ook zo goed is。。。8，2/10 。。。more

Ethan ，

Awesome book。 Very well written。

Katie Walsh ，

B， L， and I liked this book and are looking forward to starting the next one！

Julie ，

This was fun， and I love each kid on the spy team。 I felt like the author skips over the big event that the whole story leads up to and it just ENDS—one girl finally accomplishes a crazy feat and then conveniently wakes up after it’s all over。 Everyone is safe。 Everything is good。 What？ What else happened？ I still think it’s the start of a fun series my kids will like though！

Evelyn ，

Nope。 I'm sorry， I can't。 I canot discribe the awesomeness of this book is words。 What I can do， is tell you to READ IT， and I will wait patiently for the entire series。 Nope。 I'm sorry， I can't。 I canot discribe the awesomeness of this book is words。 What I can do， is tell you to READ IT， and I will wait patiently for the entire series。 。。。more

Arozic ，

Things in this book: （NOT a spoiler！）1。 Plot twists （Yass！）2。 Action （Love the action and adventure in this book！）3。 Humorous （This book brought a grin to my face now and then）A very interestingly plotted book。 I loved it。

Alexandra ，

The book is very interesting for those who like thrilling stories about teenagers。 I highly recommend to read it！）

Mae ，

This book was pretty good！ It was actually just what you need after finishing a long really deep book， but still want something that'll hold your attention and is slightly serious。 Wow that was really specific。 I thought that a lot of very neat things were thought of while writing this book。 You can tell that a lot of imagination went into it， and it all works very nicely。 The plot twists were excellent and I loved the characters。 Overall a really nice book and I enjoyed reading it。 Till next ti This book was pretty good！ It was actually just what you need after finishing a long really deep book， but still want something that'll hold your attention and is slightly serious。 Wow that was really specific。 I thought that a lot of very neat things were thought of while writing this book。 You can tell that a lot of imagination went into it， and it all works very nicely。 The plot twists were excellent and I loved the characters。 Overall a really nice book and I enjoyed reading it。 Till next time！-m 。。。more

Linda H ，

A fast paced kids book。 I read it as my kids middle school choose it as their book that the whole school gets/reads。

Stephanie Pratt ，

*3-6 grade*mystery/adventure*series

Ejayen ，

Thank you Mary for reminding me of this book。 My siblings and I listened to it last December。

Alison ，

Such a fun read！ （Though I maybe prefer Framed！。。。） This first book in an exciting new mystery/adventure series introduces us to some fascinating characters and a great premise。 I appreciated the diverse nature of the cast of characters， as well as the plot that kept me guessing the whole way through。 I'm certain that this will be a popular mystery series！ Such a fun read！ （Though I maybe prefer Framed！。。。） This first book in an exciting new mystery/adventure series introduces us to some fascinating characters and a great premise。 I appreciated the diverse nature of the cast of characters， as well as the plot that kept me guessing the whole way through。 I'm certain that this will be a popular mystery series！ 。。。more

Skip ，

Sara Martinez is a teenage hacker。 She is being prosecuted， instead of rewarded， for breaking into the foster care computer system to report the wrongdoings of her foster parents when her public defender is replaced by a Brit pretending to be her posh attorney。 The plea deal she is offered， prohibiting her to use a computer is anathema so she trusts him and he wins her freedom and trust。 Mother （as he is known） then takes Sara to Scotland， where he has assembled a group of other remarkable teena Sara Martinez is a teenage hacker。 She is being prosecuted， instead of rewarded， for breaking into the foster care computer system to report the wrongdoings of her foster parents when her public defender is replaced by a Brit pretending to be her posh attorney。 The plea deal she is offered， prohibiting her to use a computer is anathema so she trusts him and he wins her freedom and trust。 Mother （as he is known） then takes Sara to Scotland， where he has assembled a group of other remarkable teenagers， possessing complementary skills。 They live in a weather observation facility， and work for MI6， to combat criminals。 Sara has to learn spy skills and earn the trust and respect of the team。 Each team member goes by the name of the city from which Mother recruited them so Sara becomes Brooklyn， joining Paris， Sydney， Rio， and Kat（hmandu） to participate in a global environmental challenge because they think the billionaire sponsor （Stavros Sinclair） will be kidnapped by a terrorist group known as the Purple Thumb。 They must rely on their skills， Paris's knowledge of her native city， including the Catacombs， and surprises along the way。 Recommended for those who like the Alex Rider series。 。。。more

Dave ，

Interesting teen/YA espionage novel。 Entertainment

Janete ，

4，5 stars。 Text in English = Scribd。 Translate for Portuguese = Google translate。 A touching， lovely， fun and light middle-grade book。Synopsys: "A New York Times bestseller！A GMA3 Summer Reading Squad Selection！“Ingeniously plotted， and a grin-inducing delight。” —People“Will keep young readers glued to the page…So when do I get the sequel？” —Beth McMullen， author of Mrs。 Smith’s Spy School for GirlsIn this thrilling new series that Stuart Gibbs called “a must-read，” Edgar Award winner James Pont 4，5 stars。 Text in English = Scribd。 Translate for Portuguese = Google translate。 A touching， lovely， fun and light middle-grade book。Synopsys: "A New York Times bestseller！A GMA3 Summer Reading Squad Selection！“Ingeniously plotted， and a grin-inducing delight。” —People“Will keep young readers glued to the page…So when do I get the sequel？” —Beth McMullen， author of Mrs。 Smith’s Spy School for GirlsIn this thrilling new series that Stuart Gibbs called “a must-read，” Edgar Award winner James Ponti brings together five kids from all over the world and transforms them into real-life spies—perfect for fans of Spy School and Mrs。 Smith’s Spy School for Girls。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， Sara 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…" 。。。more

Kate Miller ，

This is a great book！ I loved both in the series and would recommend to anyone！

Erin ，

Super fun middle grade

Maria Burnham ，

This is a great middle-grade mystery！ Full of unique characters and sneaky spy work！

Moni ，

So much fun！

Christina Smith ，

Was part of a middle grade Match list I was reading through。 A wonderful and quick read for an adult who loves middle grade。 A captivating book for your child， my son read it right before me and loved it！

Jen Bojkov ，

Great， action-packed first book to a series。 Short chapters should make this one move fast even for reluctant readers。 I was entertained from start to finish。

Amy Nicole ，

I think my lack of interest in this was my own fault。 I read it too soon after Six of Crows and was constantly comparing， and my attention definitely drifted from the audiobook a few times which made this a little bit lacking。 Loved the espionage and the Parisian setting！

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