Spy Life As A Kid


Projekt 1065

by: Alan Gratz


Review By: Will Curley


If you like world history, I guarantee this book will be interesting for you. Michael, whose perspective this book is written in, is a spy from Ireland. He is trying to help his parents and bring back information to the allies. He has to go through some tough times that most kids don’t even come close to comparing with, but in the end he is a very different person.

Michael O’Shaunessey the character whose perspective the book is in is a kid from Ireland that helps the allies during World War 2. The author Alan Gratz has created many well-reviewed, interesting books that have won some of the highest awards in the history genre. The kid’s parents first came here and covered up that they were spies, saying they were ambassadors from Ireland. He has a huge fear of heights and that leads to other points of the story. Michael joins the Hitler Youth so he can get some insider knowledge. This helps a lot in the end for the allies and could have heavily helped them in the War. Also, every kid living in Germany has to join it or they go somewhere where no one wants to go. He tries to make some friends during the book, and one friend stands out. He is a wimpy little kid. Michael tries to stick by him throughout the book and helps him, and he ends up finding some crucial information about the Germans and their plans from this kid. He is also an important person because he is named the leader of a mission because of his bravery and good leadership skills. At one point, Michael and the Hitler youth go on a hunt to find a shot down a British plane. I can’t tell you what happens after that though… You have to read the book to find out. Later in the book, relating to his weak, wimpy friend, there is a special mission some kids are sent on. Michael isn’t selected though. He tries his best to do whatever he can to get on the “science team” because he has some speculations of what they are going to do. This is the part where the story gets very intense and juicy.

I think this book is excellent. Although I haven’t finished it yet, it has been one of the best books I have ever read. I really enjoy history and I enjoyed the book a lot. It gave me more information about World War 2 and it was very intense sometimes too. It showed the dominance of Hitler in World War 2. It held a viewpoint of a kid in Europe with no freedom at all. It gave the details from the German standpoint. How they viewed some people and acted around others. How the kids handled the situation in Germany. It was just very good to learn new things at different points in Europe. I really enjoyed this book, I wanted to keep reading it, and this is one of the few books I have ever read that I wanted to continue. I can’t wait to read the ending, it is getting hot towards the end and I really like that about a book. It is leading up to something that everyone in the story will be impacted by.

The reason I liked this book because I think it was one of the most creative and unique books in the history genre. I have never read or heard about a book that had a kid spy that has done so much stuff in one book. For so far that I have read, he has saved and helped many people. He wasn’t even supposed to be the spy the Irish sent. I feel it is just a very good and interesting book. It has a different feel to other books, you want to know what happened to the kid, and that makes you want to continue reading the novel. It makes you feel anxious and makes the book intense, and that is what attracts readers to the book. It’s just a very well-created book.

I would recommend this book for people who like history and more mature people. There are some gruesome parts that are not appropriate for kids reading the book. Anyone who can handle this stuff and loves war and crime will absolutely love this book. I don’t think anyone that is interested in World War 2 will dislike this book at all.

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