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Title: I had a problem with this book
Review: The main character, James is supposed to be 11, and most of the other characters are under 17.All them are constantly engaging in illegal behavior... smoking, drinking, vandelism.There a tremendous amount of verbal bullying by adults and kids. There is also a lot of physical bullying between the kids.There is also many instances of crude, rude and inappropriate behavior.The main character, James also engages in what I consider an age inappropriate physical relationship with a girl, sneaking into her bedroom for long and apparently intense makeout sessions.All of the above the author seems to imply is "cool"The adults in the book either ignore or even endorse both the illegal behavior as well as the age-inappropriate behavior.I guess most of the above would have a certain appeal to a immature age level (especially boys) but there are way better books with this kind of plot where teenage kids are spys.Try the Alex Rider series or the H.I.V.E books.
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