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Johnny B. Fast: The Super Spy 1
Johnny B. Fast is winning his way into the hearts and minds of spy kids from ages 8 to 88 (and even older): “I’m Johnny B. Fast,” he said, holding out his hand. “And I’m a super spy.” Nancy looked at him for a moment and then burst out laughing again. Johnny felt really foolish holding out his hand for her to shake while she was laughing at him. He slowly retracted his hand. “Thanks,” he mumbled. She quickly composed herself. “I’m sorry. I never met a spy who introduced themselves as a spy before.” Johnny B. The Super Spy 1: Johnny Clunker was an awkward and shy kid who kept mostly to himself. But when the school day ended he became Johnny B. Fast, a super spy. Utilizing super technology so advanced that it seems like magic, Johnny and his friends battle the United Order, a ruthless organization trying to acquire the Super Chip – a computer processor so powerful it can virtually hold the world’s technology hostage. But when one of his fellow classmates, Nancy Korrins, is also revealed to be a spy kid who was trained by the world’s most deadly and advanced agent, Johnny has his hands full trying to figure out if he can trust her to help him capture the Super Chip, or if he has to fight her as his greatest rival. Don't miss the other books in the Johnny B. The Super Spy Johnny B. The Super Spy 2 - Available Now! Johnny B. The Super Spy 3 - Available Now! "As a teacher, I understand the importance of books competing with other forms of entertainment. These novels bring out the love of reading in everyone." Tom Doganoglu
96 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 1, 2011
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December 20, 2012
I enjoyed this book. Storyline was fun and entertaining. The characters were well built and worked well together. Would like to read the next one.
September 15, 2012
Well, it was so poorly written it was laughable. So, maybe I'll call it a comedy. The kind where you slap your forehead every page or two.
Johnny acted maybe 12. Nancy, too. All of the spies mentioned in the book (and the bad guys, too) had to be the worst spies ever. They were clumsy, disorganized, forgetful, noisy, and just plain incompetant. Johnny shows a complete stranger to the secret base, and they say nothing. He puts school above the world's safety. And he just watches the whole fight scene. They send in a fifteen-year-old to do one of the most important jobs ever. And their team of 6 takes out an entire enemy base. Ha.
Even the technology is laughable. Antigravity bombs? A glove which can short circuit a door's security? A man who can rip doors off hinges? A woman who can sit on the wall? A super chip that can hack into a billion bank accounts at once? And only one infrared eyepiece among the six. Right.
Everything is telling, no showing. "He was embarassed/confused/sad" is rather uninteresting. And the irregular pov shifts are bothersome.
The fighting is also laughable. The bad guys have laser guns that can incinerate a person in a second. But, thankfully, the spies can run/jump/fight faster than a bad guy can pull the trigger. Literally there is a point where the bad guy has a gun to a heroine's face, and she notices the gun and ducks out of the way before he can shoot her. Really? She can duck faster than he can shoot? There is another time when a bad guy pulls out his weapon and gets ready to use it. A couple sentences later, he readies his weapon. A couple sentences later, he prepares to use this weapon. Then, oh no, he's too late and loses his only chance. Ha.
And we have no idea WHY he is a spy. Does he get paid? His dad doesn't know about his spying, nor do any classmates. It keeps him out late most nights so he gets little sleep. Maybe he does it for the cool gadgets he can't show to anyone.
Oh, at least there weren't a bunch of typos and grammar mistakes.
This is so basic in characters and plot and structure that it might be enjoyed by eight-year-olds, except the main characters are 15. And there are better books out there for eight-year-olds.
Johnny acted maybe 12. Nancy, too. All of the spies mentioned in the book (and the bad guys, too) had to be the worst spies ever. They were clumsy, disorganized, forgetful, noisy, and just plain incompetant. Johnny shows a complete stranger to the secret base, and they say nothing. He puts school above the world's safety. And he just watches the whole fight scene. They send in a fifteen-year-old to do one of the most important jobs ever. And their team of 6 takes out an entire enemy base. Ha.
Even the technology is laughable. Antigravity bombs? A glove which can short circuit a door's security? A man who can rip doors off hinges? A woman who can sit on the wall? A super chip that can hack into a billion bank accounts at once? And only one infrared eyepiece among the six. Right.
Everything is telling, no showing. "He was embarassed/confused/sad" is rather uninteresting. And the irregular pov shifts are bothersome.
The fighting is also laughable. The bad guys have laser guns that can incinerate a person in a second. But, thankfully, the spies can run/jump/fight faster than a bad guy can pull the trigger. Literally there is a point where the bad guy has a gun to a heroine's face, and she notices the gun and ducks out of the way before he can shoot her. Really? She can duck faster than he can shoot? There is another time when a bad guy pulls out his weapon and gets ready to use it. A couple sentences later, he readies his weapon. A couple sentences later, he prepares to use this weapon. Then, oh no, he's too late and loses his only chance. Ha.
And we have no idea WHY he is a spy. Does he get paid? His dad doesn't know about his spying, nor do any classmates. It keeps him out late most nights so he gets little sleep. Maybe he does it for the cool gadgets he can't show to anyone.
Oh, at least there weren't a bunch of typos and grammar mistakes.
This is so basic in characters and plot and structure that it might be enjoyed by eight-year-olds, except the main characters are 15. And there are better books out there for eight-year-olds.
November 3, 2016
Actually it isn't too bad. Nice attempt to write a fictional spy story but I felt that it was quite fast paced. I mean, how can you trust someone that easily to show your secret basement? or at the first place: does a super spy ever tell that he/she is a super spy?
Not to mention that Johnny was acting like a small kid instead of a fifteen year old teenager. Nancy was 10X more sensible than him.
Not to mention that Johnny was acting like a small kid instead of a fifteen year old teenager. Nancy was 10X more sensible than him.
January 5, 2013
a bit cheesy in parts. Not what I would expect of a spy book. Nice attempt and nice plot.
April 4, 2013
"There wasn't any good action. They weren't really fighting people. They were just sneaking stuff out of Top Secret bases. I would rather see pictures of battle scenes, of fighting." Sam, age 11
April 12, 2015
Undercover missions, lots of fun to read, and the more books that come out the better. I love long series and don't like them to end. I highly recommend this series.
July 12, 2015
Wow. I was reading this to see if my seven year old nephew would like it, but I think even he would be shaking his head.
Johnny's mom has died and his father is clueless. He goes to a school where everything is terrible. I think perhaps the author didn't like school very much. The teacher is cruel, the food is horrible, the cafeteria woman is a droid, there are of course three bullies who call them selves the fourth wall.
In his spy life he belongs to a group of spies that don't seem to care that he is only 15. And they all have names like Silence and Red.
The book had some promise, it was just so weighed down with clichés that it didn't have a chance.
And it ends with a cliff hanger! I think you should allow the readers to decide if your book is worthy of more adventures before you don't bother finishing the story.
Johnny's mom has died and his father is clueless. He goes to a school where everything is terrible. I think perhaps the author didn't like school very much. The teacher is cruel, the food is horrible, the cafeteria woman is a droid, there are of course three bullies who call them selves the fourth wall.
In his spy life he belongs to a group of spies that don't seem to care that he is only 15. And they all have names like Silence and Red.
The book had some promise, it was just so weighed down with clichés that it didn't have a chance.
And it ends with a cliff hanger! I think you should allow the readers to decide if your book is worthy of more adventures before you don't bother finishing the story.
July 20, 2019
Okay, now that I have a better appreciation for the style of a book, this is probably closer to a 3. But I'll stick with the original rating because my 14-year-old self really enjoyed it. XD I enjoyed it too, but it definitely could have been written a bit better! With the way it is, I think it would make a really cool/amusing TV show, though!
May 20, 2015
Awesome thanks again
Gaff to do with the park today I want you too many of the house to do you want a girl and I q no one is going on tonight or tomorrow morning at work and the other hand to me that I don't care of it as well as much time on your way back now I'm not you adopted me then the park and daughter is a good friend to me
Gaff to do with the park today I want you too many of the house to do you want a girl and I q no one is going on tonight or tomorrow morning at work and the other hand to me that I don't care of it as well as much time on your way back now I'm not you adopted me then the park and daughter is a good friend to me
May 8, 2015
Johnny b fast
Ackers was an interesting name for one of the guys. And when there were fights with the other people you never want to be in a position where that may happen.
I give it 3.4 stars
I recommend my friends read it
Ackers was an interesting name for one of the guys. And when there were fights with the other people you never want to be in a position where that may happen.
I give it 3.4 stars
I recommend my friends read it
July 5, 2012
Not your average spy novel. Sometimes bit over edge. Guaranteed to entertain with authors clumsy hero.
June 6, 2023
I read this book knowing it was really a YA book and for that it was okay. I kind of felt like it started out as a short story but ended up a little too long so instead of going back and filling out the story and the characters a little more to get a better understanding would have helped a lot. Some of the scenes were well done but I never could really understand why Johnny became a spy or Nancy for that matter they just both go to the same school and have the same classes and no one knew. There just needed to be a bit more background.
January 22, 2025
Okay, now that I have a better appreciation for the style of a book, this is probably closer to a 3 star. But I'll stick with the original rating because my 14-year-old self really enjoyed it. 😂 My 19-year-old self enjoyed it too, but it definitely could have been written a bit better! With the way it is, I think it would make a really cool/amusing TV show, though!
December 26, 2021
Hi my name is Aryana and my mom and dad sisters me
July 25, 2019
Inspired by spending too much time with this book.
July 19, 2019
Book #1 in the Super Spy series.
I did not like this story one little bit. The boy was super negative and I felt it encourage other young boys that this was normal. It is NOT normal. I was hoping it would be more of a fun, fantasy angle to the story. I mean, I feel like he even is a little chauvinistic with how the author wrote him.
I cannot recommend this to any intelligent, sensitive child.....male or female.
One star.
I did not like this story one little bit. The boy was super negative and I felt it encourage other young boys that this was normal. It is NOT normal. I was hoping it would be more of a fun, fantasy angle to the story. I mean, I feel like he even is a little chauvinistic with how the author wrote him.
I cannot recommend this to any intelligent, sensitive child.....male or female.
One star.
July 21, 2015
I chose this to read to my boys because it was free for kindle and the author's description emphasized that the characters make mistakes and get into trouble. They did. That is the best part as far as I'm concerned. It's an ok story, and the teenager spies are interesting. The chapters and fight sequences are a little long for reading aloud. My boys were kind of bored with it.
June 6, 2015
Amazing book
Almost like the best book I've ever read. And I love spying that book the book was amazing. The best book
Almost like the best book I've ever read. And I love spying that book the book was amazing. The best book
July 10, 2015
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July 1, 2016
It was meant for a much younger audience. My son might have liked it. I will just say it was okay.
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