Hello again! It’s been a while. I recently went to the book store, and after a lot of consideration, I decided on City Spies, a great book by James Ponti. That’s going to be the subject of this post.
Twelve-year-old Sara Martinez has lived in a few foster homes, but the worst has been Leonard and Deborah Clark. They take in a lot of kids, more than they have room for, because the state pays them by the kid. Sara was determined to expose them so that the she, and the kids she lives with, can get better homes with families who actually care. To do that, she has to hack into the juvenile justice database to see how many kids are being fostered by the Clarks, and then into their bank accounts to see where they were spending the money. Instead of being greeted as a hero, however, she is arrested for hacking. Her lawyer isn’t being much help, until she meets a strange man called Mother, who gets her a six-year sentence in Crunchem Hall, a school that really only exists in Matilda, but Judge Pancake doesn’t need to know that. Mother takes Sara to FARM, a secret base for M16, where she will learn to spy. Hopefully, she’ll be ready for the mission in a few weeks, where her skills as a hacker will be invaluable.
This is a really good book. I like it in part because I figured something out, which is fun, but it wasn’t the whole story, so there was some element of surprise. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did. Tell me in the comments below!
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