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Showing posts with label Robert Muchamore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robert Muchamore. Show all posts

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Young Adult/Teen reads


Jake Ransom And The Skull King's Shadow
Three years ago, a mysterious package arrived for Jake and Kady Ransom. Inside were two halves of a Mayan gold coin, their mother's sketchbook and their father's notebook. But their architect parents failed to return from an expedition to the site of a long-lost Mayan civilization. Now Jake and Kady are plunged into a terrifying adventure. Someone is very interested in what's happened to their parents. And in Jake and Kady themselves. So begins a journey into a world of dangers both ancient and modern. Can Jake and Kady survive long enough to solve the mystery?

Chronicles of Ancient Darkness #1 Wolf Brother
Thousands of years ago the land is one dark forest. Its people are hunter-gatherers. They know every tree and herb and they know how to survive in a time of enchantment and powerful magic. Until an ambitious and malevolent force conjures a demon: a demon so evil that it can be contained only in the body of a ferocious bear that will slay everything it sees, a demon determined to destroy the world.
Only one boy can stop it – 12 year old Torak, who has seen his father murdered by the bear. With his dying breath, Torak’s father tells his son of the burden that is his. He must lead the bear to the mountain of the World Spirit and beg that spirit’s help to overcome it.

Birthmarked
IN THE ENCLAVE, YOUR SCARS SET YOU APART, and the newly born will change the future. Sixteen-year-old Gaia Stone and her mother faithfully deliver their quota of three infants every month. But when Gaia's mother is brutally taken away by the very people she serves, Gaia must question whether the Enclave deserves such loyalty. A stunning adventure brought to life by a memorable heroine, this dystopian debut will have readers racing all the way to the dramatic finish.

Tiger's Curse
Passion. Fate. Loyalty.Would you risk it all to change your destiny?The last thing Kelsey Hayes thought she'd be doing this summer was trying to break a 300-year old Indian curse. With a mysterious white tiger named Ren. Halfway around the world. But that's exactly what happened.Face-to-face with dark forces, spellbinding magic, and mystical worlds where nothing is what it seems, Kelsey risks everything to piece together an ancient prophecy that could break the curse forever

Cherub # 12 Shadow wave
After a tsunami causes massive devastation to a tropical island, its governor sends in the bulldozers to knock down villages, replacing them with luxury hotels. Guarding the corrupt governor's family isn't James Adams' idea of the perfect mission, especially as it's going to be his last as a CHERUB agent. And then retired colleague Kyle Blueman comes up with an unofficial and highly dangerous plan of his own. James must choose between loyalty to CHERUB, and loyalty to his oldest friend.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Questions and Answers from Robert Muchamore - Cherub & Henderson Boys

I contacted Mr Muchamore the other day and asked him a few questions. Robert Muchamore is the bestselling author of the 'Cherub' and 'Henderson Boys' teen series. 

CHERUB is a series of young adult spy novels, written by Robert Muchamore, focusing around a division of the British Security Service named CHERUB, which employs minors, predominantly orphans, as intelligence officers.
Initially, the series follows James Choke, or James Adams, which is his CHERUB name, as he enters CHERUB and performs various missions. However, the focus later turns to his sister Lauren and several other characters who get vital roles in the novels. The initial series of twelve books runs from the recruitment of James Adams through to his retirement from CHERUB at age 17.

              A&R: Can you explain what gave you the idea for CHERUB?

 My Aussie nephew constantly moaning that he had no interesting books to read!


           
  A&R:Which character was the hardest to write? Which one was the easiest? Are any of your characters based on people you know or purely imaginative?

 Err dunno which one was hardest. James is easy cos he's a cool version of myself. I never base characters on real people in case they beat me up!

          A&R: What excites you about writing?

  Money, fame, but most of all not having to get out of bed and go work in an office.



         A&R: What adventures will be next for your characters?

 That would be telling, but there's a new website online at
www.aramov.com

Name: Robert Kilgore Muchamore
Best Friend: Invisible Eric, who lives in my toilet cistern
Ambition: To become the 4th Powerpuff Girl
First Book Published: The Recruit, April 2004
Lives: London, UK
Previous Jobs: Camera salesman, Private Investigator



Check out Shadow Wave, it is the last year James Adams has till he graduates Cherub!!

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Fiction BestSellers - 29/07/2010- 05/08/2010

  • 1) Conqueror #1: Empire of Silver - Conn Iggulden (FICTION)
  • 2) Don't Blink - James Patterson  (CRIME)
  • 3) Journey to Wudang #2: Hell to Heaven - Kylie Chan (FANTASY)
  • 4) DragonSword Histories #3: Radiant Child - Duncan Lay (FANTASY)
  • 5) Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom (FICTION)
  • 6) Amed and Dangerous #2: Luke - Cheyenne Mccray (EROTICA)
  • 7) Tempting Seals #2: Dangerous Games - Lora Leigh (ROMANCE)
  • 8) Diary of a Wimpy Kid #1 - Jeff Kinney (CHJ)
  • 9) Thomas Library: Thomas (PICTURE)
  • 10) Cherub #8: Mad Dogs - Robert Muchamore (TEEN)

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Young Adult Fiction

As a bookseller we see alot of books come in and go out. Some the teenagers like and some they don't, you will get that. We see a lot of Y/A books that cross the boundries where mainly adults read them. Some of our most popular Y/A authors are Kristen and P.C Cast, Stephanie Meyer, Michael Pryor, Kate Forsyth, Eoin Colfer, Richard Flanagan, Robert Muchamore, Richelle Mead, Garth Nix and many more.
Our question to you is what draws you into these books? What makes you want to buy them? I know why I read a lot of Y/A fiction, I love the characters and the cleaness of the stories.
I love the 'Cherub' series buy Robert Muchamore because it is gritty and shows a truth that many adults seem to forget; Children are people too.
Richelle Mead's 'Vampire Academy' and Kristen and P.C Cast ' House of Night' shows the value of bonds between friends and enemies.

Michael Pryor "Laws of Magic' show that techonolgy and magic can exsist together and that we need to embrace both in our lives.

It is fantastic our childern are embracing these ideals and forging something inside themselves. They are learning lessons and history by reading these stories as most of them have some basis in fact, whether they are fantasy, urban, medieval etc.. I read one post the other day saying this girl was at a quiz night and she knew some of the answers because she had leaned them from reading fantasy. I believe it was a question about armor.
Well that is my rant for the day, Please do tell us why you like to read and what do you get out of it?
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