Learning a bit about other countries/places is also a plus. Yes, the spy kids (and adults) force the reader to suspend disbelief but somehow it all works for me. Great fun! Great characters that have some complexity. Thank you to Aladdin and Edelweiss+ for a DRC in exchange for an honest review.Īs with the first two books there was a lot of humor. If you have been loving this series so far, I quite sure you will also find this new title to be a page turner.
Also included is a dossier with individual info on each spy at the end. Mixed in with all the action are some great moments of character growth. Mother (code name) has adopted all of them and he worries about the line between father and spy. Don't worry, she will still get the chance to help the team. Brooklyn is initially stuck in summer school and not loving it. Rio is rating the new food he gets to sample while using his magic skills to charm and distract. Paris is using his chess skills as part of an international tournament. Sydney gets the chance to travel with the producer's daughter and do social media posts.
There is a Simon Cowell-like British man and the boy band that he discovered/produces in the mix. There are some fantastic elements included this time around. Pack your bags! The City Spies are on the job in London, Moscow, and Beijing in this third installment. 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. 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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