As a young adult contemporary romance mystery novel, it’s perfectly enjoyable but, as a young adult spy novel, it lacks something.
It’s fast-paced, there’s always something going on that triggers reactions out of the characters and it’s not as predictable as you may think, despite its youngish vibe. Jesse Oliver, Maggie’s new friend-Roux-, Angelo and her parents are the perfect cast for a spy novel. She’s forever on alert mode and her reflexes and quick-thinking ubiquitous.
Maggie may need to act as a banal rich teenage girl to fit in but, deep inside, she is a spy. Therefore, the narration was one of the many things that made me not want to let go of this book. She never had friends before -no time!-so her befriending someone in this elite school takes her completely by surprise! Maggie is spunky, witty and extraordinarily entertaining. Since Maggie never attended high school before, following her as she makes her way through the maze of hormone-filled teenagers was incredibly fun. To do that, she also has to attend a private school in New York. For her first solo assignment, she has to seduce-I mean, befriend-Jesse Oliver in order to uncover information about his father and kill the article the latter has been working on.
One day in Germany, one week in England or a month in France? Maggie never knows where they will go next and for how long. She’s so talented that there has been an attempt to kidnap her for her skill. Maggie picks locks, that’s her job as the daughter of two international spies. It’s brimming with humor, silly situations and cool spy ish scenes. This is the kind of book I wish I had read during my childhood.Īlso Known As is not a serious book. Suddenly, she’s attending a private school with hundreds of “mean girl” wannabes, trying to avoid the temptation to hack the school’s elementary security system, and working to befriend the aggravatingly cute son of a potential national security threat… all while trying not to blow her cover. (If it’s three digits, why bother locking it at all?)īut when Maggie and her parents are sent to New York City for her first solo assignment, her world is transformed. Cracking safes for the world’s premier spy organization and traveling the world with her insanely cool parents definitely beat high school and the accompanying cliques, bad lunches, and frustratingly simple locker combinations. Maggie Silver has never minded her unusual life. Which is more dangerous: being an international spy… or surviving high school?
Genres & Themes: Young Adult, Romance, Contemporary, High School, Espionage Publisher: Walker Books for Young Readers
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