This is an typical, atypical book geared toward middle-school girls. Huh? Typical, because it has all usual stuff … good girlfriends, boy issues, parent issues, clothes, a school dance. Atypical, because it all takes place at the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, which looks to the world like a preppy boarding school, but is actually the U.S.’s foremost spy school for girls, complete with classes like “Covert Operations” and sub-basements filled with cool spy gadgetry.
I liked this second book in the Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter is better than the first. The heroine, Cammie Morgan, has a new love interest (Zach), although she’s still thinking about her old love interest (Josh) even though her super-spy mother erased Josh’s memory of her. While I still find the dialogue a bit stilted, it’s clever, as is the storyline (which involves several suspenseful, undercover missions.) This book is good, light fun. According to Carter’s website (which is worth checking out — www.allycarter.com) a movie is in the works, as is a third book (to be published on June 9, 2009) I’m looking forward to both! MAM Rating: Good.
