Analysis Of The Recruit By Robert Muchamore

The Recruit, by Robert Muchamore, begins with twelve year old James Choke in science class, where he accidentally cuts his classmate Samantha Jenning's face after she relentlessly teases him about his family life, and his obese mother. He shoves his teacher over when she tries to stop him and runs home, an offense he is later expelled for, to find his stepfather Ronald Onions visiting his mother, Gwen Choke. He goes back to school to pick up his nine-year-old half- sister, Lauren Onions. They return home to find Ronald gone and Gwen asleep, with multiple missed calls from the school on her phone and a note from the Deputy Head pushed under the door. Later that night, James discovers that Gwen had died, which was caused by his mother consuming painkillers with alcohol, upsetting a stomach ulcer. James is sent to a children's care home, where he shares a room with 13-year-old CHERUB agent Kyle Blueman. Lauren, however, is taken to live with her father, who views James unfavourably and doesn't allow him to visit. James tries to make friends, but does so with the wrong people. Going against Kyle’s advice, James befriends Rob Vaughn and his friends. A few weeks later, James is called in to the police station, where he receives a warning for assaulting Samantha and his teacher. Later that night, Rob and his cronies
Overseen by mission controller Ewart Asker, they are to stay at Fort Harmony, a hippy commune in Wales because of suspected involvement of the radical terrorist group, Help Earth. Brothers Fire and World Dunn are planning an anthrax attack against 200 oil executives and politicians at Petrocon, an oil conference held in the nearby conference center. There, they discover successfully prevent the attack, although Brian "Bungle" Evans manages to escape. For his exemplary job in the mission, James was awarded a navy shirt, which is unusual for a first