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What it is about
- Spies
- Adventure and adventurers
- Orphans
- Teenagers
- Intelligence service
- Undercover operations
Where it happens
Ages
- Young Adult
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The Recruit: "Orphans" (OL subject); "Orphans -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
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The Recruit: "Spies" (OL subject); "Spies, fiction" (OL subject); "Spy stories" (OL subject); "spy fiction" (WD genre)
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The Recruit: "Orphans" (OL subject); "Orphans -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
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Why: Both are spy books about orphans.
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The Recruit: "Spies" (OL subject); "Spies, fiction" (OL subject); "Spy stories" (OL subject); "spy fiction" (WD genre)
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The Recruit: "Orphans" (OL subject); "Orphans -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
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What both books share
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The Recruit: "Spies" (OL subject); "Spies, fiction" (OL subject); "Spy stories" (OL subject); "spy fiction" (WD genre)
Scorpia Rising: "Spies" (OL subject); "Spies, fiction" (OL subject); "Spy stories" (OL subject); "Spies - Fiction" (OL subject) - orphans
The Recruit: "Orphans" (OL subject); "Orphans -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
Scorpia Rising: "Orphans" (OL subject); "Orphans, fiction" (OL subject); "Orphans - Fiction" (OL subject); "Orphans -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
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Why: Both are spy books about orphans.
What both books share
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The Recruit: "Spies" (OL subject); "Spies, fiction" (OL subject); "Spy stories" (OL subject); "spy fiction" (WD genre)
Skeleton Key: "Spies in fiction" (OL subject); "Spies" (OL subject); "Spy stories" (OL subject); "Spies, fiction" (OL subject) - orphans
The Recruit: "Orphans" (OL subject); "Orphans -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
Skeleton Key: "Orphans" (OL subject); "Orphans in fiction" (OL subject); "Orphans, fiction" (OL subject); "Orphans -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
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Why: Both are spy books about orphans.
What both books share
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The Recruit: "Spies" (OL subject); "Spies, fiction" (OL subject); "Spy stories" (OL subject); "spy fiction" (WD genre)
Snakehead: "Spies" (OL subject); "Spy stories" (OL subject); "Spies, fiction" (OL subject); "Spies in fiction" (OL subject) - orphans
The Recruit: "Orphans" (OL subject); "Orphans -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
Snakehead: "Orphans" (OL subject); "Orphans, fiction" (OL subject); "Orphans -- Juvenile fiction." (LoC 650)
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Why: Both are spy books about intelligence service.
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What both books share
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The Recruit: "Spies" (OL subject); "Spies, fiction" (OL subject); "Spy stories" (OL subject); "spy fiction" (WD genre)
The Looking Glass War: "Spies" (OL subject); "spy fiction" (WD genre); "Spy stories." (LoC 655) - intelligence service
The Recruit: "Intelligence service" (OL subject); "Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- Juvenile fiction." (LoC 650)
The Looking Glass War: "Intelligence service" (OL subject); "Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
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Why: Both are spy books about intelligence service.
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What both books share
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The Recruit: "Spies" (OL subject); "Spies, fiction" (OL subject); "Spy stories" (OL subject); "spy fiction" (WD genre)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: "spy fiction" (WD genre); "Spy stories." (LoC 655) - intelligence service
The Recruit: "Intelligence service" (OL subject); "Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- Juvenile fiction." (LoC 650)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: "Intelligence service" (OL subject); "Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
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Why: Both are spy books about intelligence service.
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What both books share
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The Recruit: "Spies" (OL subject); "Spies, fiction" (OL subject); "Spy stories" (OL subject); "spy fiction" (WD genre)
The Honourable Schoolboy: "spy fiction" (WD genre); "Spy stories." (LoC 655) - intelligence service
The Recruit: "Intelligence service" (OL subject); "Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- Juvenile fiction." (LoC 650)
The Honourable Schoolboy: "Intelligence service in fiction" (OL subject); "Intelligence service" (OL subject); "Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
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What both books share
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The Recruit: "Spies" (OL subject); "Spies, fiction" (OL subject); "Spy stories" (OL subject); "spy fiction" (WD genre)
Smiley's People: "Spy stories" (OL subject); "spy fiction" (WD genre); "Spy stories." (LoC 655)
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What both books share
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The Recruit: "Spies" (OL subject); "Spies, fiction" (OL subject); "Spy stories" (OL subject); "spy fiction" (WD genre)
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold: "Spies" (OL subject); "Spy stories" (OL subject); "spy fiction" (WD genre); "Spy stories." (LoC 655)
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What they share, at a glance
The Recruit next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Spy | Orphans | Intelligence service |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stormbreaker | shared | shared | not shared |
| Call for the Dead | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Ark Angel | shared | shared | not shared |
| Point Blank | shared | shared | not shared |
| Scorpia Rising | shared | shared | not shared |
| Skeleton Key | shared | shared | not shared |
| Snakehead | shared | shared | not shared |
| The Looking Glass War | shared | not shared | shared |
| Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy | shared | not shared | shared |
| The Honourable Schoolboy | shared | not shared | shared |
| Smiley's People | shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | shared | not shared | not shared |
Tap a dot to open the record the match comes from.
How The Recruit came to be
- On a visit to Australia, Muchamore found his twelve-year-old nephew complaining that there was nothing good to read. Source: muchamore.com, checked November 6, 2026.
my twelve-year-old nephew moaning that he couldn't find any interesting stuff to read
- In 2001 he started a book with the plain working title KN1, short for Kids Novel 1. Source: muchamore.com, checked November 6, 2026.
I began writing a book with the uninspiring title KN1 (Kids Novel 1)
- By the time he finished it, its title had become CHERUB. Source: muchamore.com, checked November 6, 2026.
I finished writing my book – the title was now CHERUB
- Hodder Children's Books bought it in March 2003, and it came out in April 2004 as The Recruit. Source: muchamore.com, checked November 6, 2026.
In March 2003 Hodder Children's Books purchased CHERUB ... The Recruit was published in April 2004
Where does The Recruit sit in its series? See the reading order.
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