Review: Eagle Day - Elliot Phillips

Review: Eagle Day By Robert Muchamore

I recently read the Eagle Day, a book by Robert Muchamore. It is the second in the Henderson’s Boys series by this author. Robert Muchamore also writes a series called CHERUB and The Henderson’s Boys books are set in World War 2. They show the lead up to the formation of CHERUB. I am going to explain briefly the plot and say what I thought of the book.

CHERUB:
CHERUB is a secret services branch. This organisation is based at a campus somewhere in the English countryside. All of the agents working there are aged between 11 and 16 years of age and are normally orphans. The name CHERUB stands for Charles Henderson Espionage Research Unit B and was originally formed during WW2 by Charles Henderson. This division is designed to give an edge over the enemy because you wouldn’t suspect children and teenagers. The CHERUB series is going to be twelve books in total and Henderson’s Boys will be three.

The Plot:
The Henderson’s Boys series goes back to the early days of CHERUB back in WW2 and follows Charles Henderson, the last British agent in German-occupied France. Along with him, he has, Marc Kilgour, Rosie and Paul Clarke and Philippe Tomas Bivott (shortened to PT). Paul is 11, Marc is 12, Rosie is 13 and PT is 15 and they‘re all orphans. In this book, the boat PT and the Clarke’s had used to try and get back to England was destroyed. Henderson soon reunited with them along with Marc too. PT is new in this book and tagged along with Henderson. They then went with another new character named Maxine, going to different places in France. They moved north and Henderson got a job as a translator. In the book, they had been choosing whether to travel to Spain or go north to sabotage invasion plans of Britain. They stayed in France, went north and lived on a farm. Henderson’s translating job was for a high-ranked German, so he became friendly with lots of Nazis. They sent Morse Code messages to England and had explosives dropped in. They targeted all the main harbours. Along with some other help, the harbours were all destroyed. They then got back to England where Henderson got permission to use children as agents and formed CHERUB.

My Opinion:
In my opinion, this book had a lot to live up to after the first, but in my eyes, it was much better than I thought it would be. There wasn’t too many new characters and the storyline was accurate. It was full of action and kept you wanting more. I thought it was a great book and would definitely recommend it. It was miles better than the first and showed you what life could’ve been like back in WW2. It not for everyone, but I think most people would really enjoy it.