A review by proudtobeabookaholic
Forbidden City by James Ponti

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

The young spies at MI6 have a new mission. The sinister organization Umbra wants to recruit a North Korean nuclear physicist and the City Spies need to put a stop to that, and preferably recruit the physicist themselves. In order to make contact without arousing suspicion Paris is going to play in the same chess tournaments as the physicist's son. The mission includes the whole gang - except for Brooklyn, who has to stay back to go to summer school - and it takes them to both Russia and China. 

I'm always having a great time hanging with the smart kids from City Spies! Their intelligence is far above my level in many areas, but in others they behave like regular teenagers. Brooklyn is grouchy because she has to go to school when the others can go and "have fun", but since she was the last to join she's got some catching up to do. And since Mother has adopted all young spies he's not only their spy leader anymore, but also their father, and his decision to put Brooklyn in summer school was a parental one. They becoming more and more like a family is so sweet, including the kids fighting as siblings would!