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#Giveaway Review CITY SPIES By James Ponti @JamesPonti @SimonKIDS @RockstarBkTours Ends 3.15

March 3, 2020 By Mary

I received this book at no cost from the publisher

City Spies by James Ponti
ISBN: 1534414916
on March 1, 2020
Genres: Action & Adventure, Middle Grade, Mystery
Format: ARC
Goodreads
four-half-stars

CITY SPIES Blog Tour 

About The Book:
Title: CITY SPIES
Author: James Ponti
Pub. Date: March 10, 2020
Publisher: Aladdin
Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, audiobook
Pages: 384

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, Audible, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org

 In this new series James Ponti brings together five kids from all over the world and transforms them into real-life spies.

Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose her foster parents as cheats and lawbreakers. However, instead of being hailed as a hero, Sara finds herself facing years in a juvenile detention facility and banned from using computers for the same stretch of time. Enter Mother, a British spy who not only gets Sara released from jail but also offers her a chance to make a home for herself within a secret MI6 agency.

Operating out of a base in Scotland, the City Spies are five kids from various parts of the world. When they’re not attending the local boarding school, they’re honing their unique skills, such as sleight of hand, breaking and entering, observation, and explosives. All of these allow them to go places in the world of espionage where adults can’t.

Before she knows what she’s doing, Sara is heading to Paris for an international youth summit, hacking into a rival school’s computer to prevent them from winning a million euros, dangling thirty feet off the side of a building, and trying to stop a villain…all while navigating the complex dynamics of her new team.

No one said saving the world was easy…

REVIEW

Sara Martinez hacks into the foster care to report her foster parents and comes away as the one in trouble.  She ends up in juvenile detention and just when she expects to spend life behind bars (I know, dramatic . . .) when she is told she has a lawyer named Mother, who talks the judge into taking Sara to boarding school in England.  Except that the school is actually a training facility for MI6.

The other kids in her group are just as talented as Sara and are training to be elite spies.  Their mission is to enter a science competition in Paris and place high enough to stop an attack on the site.  Sara proves herself worthy as a hacker and they save the day.  This is everything a middle-grade book should be – fun, humorous, quick pacing and an easy to follow plot.

 

 About James:

James Ponti was born in Italy, raised in Florida, and went to college in California. After receiving a degree in screenwriting from the USC Film School, he began a career writing and producing television shows for the likes of Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, PBS, Spike TV, History Channel, and Golf Channel. James loves writing, travel, and the Boston Red Sox. He lives with his family in Maitland, Florida.

Photo by Elena Seibert Photography.

Website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Goodreads

 

 

Giveaway Details:

Three lucky winners will receive a finished copy of CITY SPIES, US Only.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

3/2/2020 Little Red Reads Review
3/3/2020 BookHounds YA Review
3/4/2020 Book-Keeping Review
3/5/2020 Nay’s Pink Bookshelf Review
3/6/2020 YA Book Nerd Review

 

Week Two:

3/9/2020 Wonder Struck Review
3/10/2020 fictitious.fox Review
3/11/2020 momfluenster Review
3/12/2020 Two Points of interest Review
3/13/2020 Savings in Seconds Review

 

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Comments

  1. Teresa Warner says

    March 4, 2020 at 9:35 am

    I have a niece who would enjoy this one!

  2. Danielle Hammelef says

    March 4, 2020 at 10:18 am

    From your review, this is a book I will have fun while reading.

  3. Daniel M says

    March 10, 2020 at 3:30 pm

    sounds like a fun one

  4. Nancy says

    March 14, 2020 at 5:59 pm

    This sounds like a book that would be a unique and enjoyable read.

  5. Debra Branigan says

    March 15, 2020 at 8:08 am

    The cover art will attract your young readers. I love a good MG story and this one sounds full of adventure. Thanks for writing and best wishes on the new release.

  6. Sunnymay says

    March 15, 2020 at 8:24 pm

    Love the excerpt of hacking with a twist.

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