Superbrain

Spy Dog #4

by Andrew Cope

She drives cars, she's a PlayStation champ, she's got a black belt in karate—she's Spy Dog Lara

A gang of villainous head teachers are plotting to make their school the very best. They're creating a secret formula, and the final ingredient is the brain of a child. They'll stop at nothing (even BANNING playtime) to get what they want. Can anyone stop their dastardly plot? Canine super spy Lara sniffs out her most dangerous mission yet—because when adventure comes calling, what else is a Spy Dog supposed to do?

Genres: Childrens

160 pages, Paperback

First published August 7, 2008

Reviews

[Hugh Griffiths]

This one gets a bit weird! Prof Cortex has always had a thing about brain-enhancing potion, which feels a bit like "he's smart because he takes drugs", and maybe reads a bit different in an era with a lot of energy drinks and dodgy study drugs. This focuses in on that, and it works better as a central plot device.
There's also a bit of a weird "teachers are mean because they want kids to work hard" which felt to me a bit like "what adults think children want to hear"? And a bit of a tone clash because the teachers are mean and hate play, set too much homework, and also they're planning to murder a child and harvest their brain to make intelligence-enhancing drugs. So the children don't like them because they're pushing them hard, but the story doesn't really bear out *that* being bad. And even more disjointed because the story can't get into "performance-enhancing brain-drugs are bad and we probably shouldn't aspire to give them to kids" because it's backed into a corner on the "drug-induced super-intelligence is cool and fun" front.
The part I found really pretty well done was when the teachers are expelling students - the idea of a school that treats students as a means to its own ends, being made to feel like being allowed to be there is a precarious privilege that people demand be grateful for, and feeling like it's on you to make this work. I feel like this has all the elements of a pretty strong story, but could have done with a bit more polish.

Also, I can't stress this strongly enough - if you suddenly find you're superintelligent and able to do anything, there's probably better options than "win a lot of quiz shows". I suspect you could write entire essays on what that idea says about how we understand intelligence.

[Juliette Reese · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about a spy dog. And evil teachers who want to steal child’s brain. Can the spy dog Lara stop them.




This is a very good book. I rated it 5 stars because of how good it is. If 10000000000000000000000 stars was an option I would definitely do it.



GET THIS BOOK NOW.

And enjoy.

[Shrey Arora · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading reading Spy Dog Superbrain and I recommend you to read it.

[Tammy Wooding]

She drives cars. She's a PlayStation champ. She's got a black belt in karate . . .

She's AGENT GM451 (or LARA to you – Licensed Assault and Rescue Animal).

A gang of villainous head teachers are plotting to make their school the very best. They're creating a secret formula, and the final ingredient is the brain of a child. They'll stop at nothing (even BANNING playtime) to get what they want. Can anyone stop their dastardly plot? Canine super spy Lara sniffs out her most dangerous mission yet – when adventure comes calling, what's a Spy Dog supposed to do?

Readers aged 7+ will love this fast-paced adventure with its witty illustrations!

[Joey Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book James bond dog style

[Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book.