This socially complex police procedural, with its issues that remain all too relevant today, deserves a wide audience. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) estimates that over two million people left Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia in the 20 years after the fall of Saigon, and by 1992, more than a million had been admitted to the U.

Spies are fascinating – their gadgets, their disguises, their bravery in the face of villainy… Someone you know could be a spy and you would probably never find out!After the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to North Vietnamese military forces in April 1975, hundreds of thousands of South Vietnamese escaped to American ships off the coast, either by boat or helicopter. The CHERUB organization had the advantage the it employed the young adult children so that the criminals do not suspect them while they try to spy on them. Curse words pop up, other reviewers mentioned them- I think its more realistic to how kids actually behave when parents aren't in earshot and therefore, easier for the target audience (11+) to identify with the characters. In these books there is always an authority figure punishing them when they go wrong and teaching them lessons.

That's why we've added a new "Diverse Representations" section to our reviews that will be rolling out on an ongoing basis. The main character makes a LOT of poor choices, and this adds a sense of realism as well as the reassurance that even "heroes" make mistakes.

Amy Collins just reaches her before she was going to leave for China and asks her to join the CHERUB campus. Terrence "Mac" McAfferty introduces James to CHERUB and puts him through a series of entrance tests.

Jacob, the abused son of a traumatized Vietnam veteran, is officially inducted as a skinhead after being pressured to brutally attack Mexican migrant workers. On the other hand, Ryan takes the help of Etan Kitsell after becoming his only friend as his family had died.Finally, there are some places where suspense and 'punch' is not quite written in detail which doesn't quite accentuate the meaningfulness of a particular action. When the production was announced on April 28, 2021, Centineo was unveiled as the lead character of the series.