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September 1, 2011/in Fiction 10-14 Middle/Secondary /by Angie Hill
BfK Rating:
BfK 190 September 2011
Reviewer: David Bennett
ISBN: 978-1849391207
Price: Price not available
Publisher: Andersen Press
Genre: Fiction
Age Range: 10-14 Middle/Secondary
Length: 368pp
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Operation Black Cobra

Author: Ilkka Remes

This is a second Luke Baron title from this successful Finnish writer so, if this is anything to go by, there is probably an audience waiting for a further action-packed adventure.

It all begins when 14-year-old Luke Baron wants some 18+ identity to get into serious gambling and is unwary enough to get involved in buying a fake driving licence on-line, from a girl named Gemma Dolan. She, as it happens, is the seriously disturbing daughter of a seriously criminal dad who is planning a seriously big crime involving stolen plutonium. Everyone except Luke has at least a zillion agendas and so what follows is an awfully exciting adventure culminating in being dunked in the Irish Sea. I have read plenty of stuff like this but there’s no denying that this novel is compulsive, quick reading and will definitely give thrill-seeking teen readers value for their money.

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