Training School

Spy Pups #6

by Andrew Cope

Training School is the sixth thrilling Spy Pups adventure by Andy Cope for young readers of 7+ - now a number one bestselling series!SPUDHE'S SCATTY AND ACCIDENT PRONE - BUT GOOD WITH GADGETSSTARSHE'S SUPER-SMART AND READY TO POUNCE . . . Together they're SPY PUPS, following hot in the paw prints of mum LARA (that's Licensed Assault and Rescue Animal to you).Spud and Star can't wait. They're in New York training with the FBI - America's very best spies! But a rogue secret agent has spotted the pups' amazing skills. And unless Spud and Star carry out a dastardly crime for evil Agent Brad Onkers, he'll make sure they never see their mum Lara ever again!Praise for Andy imaginative, creative feast' - Radio TimesAndy Cope is the author of the bestselling and mulit-award-winning Spy Dog and Spy Pups series. Spy Dog was the winner of the Richard and Judy 7+ developing reader category as well as the prestigious Red House Children's Book Award.You can find out more about the books - and the real Lara - on the offical website spydog451.co.uk

117 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 1, 2012

Reviews

[Tali · Rating 3 out of 5]

Spy Pups Training School is the story of Spud and Star, the pups of super spy-dog Lara, who are undergoing their next stage of training to be spies with the FBI in New York. Unfortunately for them, they soon fall foul of crooked FBI agent Brad and his thief twin brother Chad, who want to steal a famous statue of Janus and set the pups up to take the blame.
This is a funny story, even though I'm definitely not the target audience. I do think it's the kind of thing that both boys and girls (possibly 8-11-ish) will enjoy, especially as there's lots of action and humour here. Brad and Chad made for very sinister villains of the piece and I was actually surprised by how violent they were in their efforts to defeat the spy pups, although I think that actually helped to ramp up the tension at the end.
A fun story with a decent message at the end and enough action to satisfy the younger reader. 3 stars.

[Katische Haberfield · Rating 3 out of 5]

Angus (9) enjoyed this more than Hamish (7). Angus found it quite funny and was able to take in all the details of the investigation, whereas Hamish was really more interested in the dogs themselves rather than the mission.