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Grade 7-10–Cammie Morgan, 15, is a student at Gallagher Academy, a top-secret boarding school for girls who are spies-in-training. She studies covert operations, culture and assimilation, and advanced encryption, and has learned to speak 14 languages. Her troubles begin when she falls for Josh, a local boy who has no clue about her real identity. Keeping her training secret forces her to lie to her new love, which leads to comic complications. Subplots include Cammie's relationship with her mother–the headmistress at Gallagher–and her grief over the loss of her father, who died while on a spying assignment. The teen's double life leads to some amusing one-liners, and the invented history of the Gallagher Girls is also entertaining, but the story is short on suspense. The stakes never seem very high since there are no real villains, and the cutesy dialogue quickly becomes grating. However, the novel has been optioned for a film and will likely attract readers who enjoy lighthearted, frothy tales and squeaky-clean romances. Unfortunately, it lacks the warmth and appeal of other teen books turned into movies, such as Meg Cabot's The Princess Diaries (HarperCollins, 2000) and Ann Brashares's The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Delacorte, 2001).–Miranda Doyle, San Francisco Public Library
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If ever there were a new series chock full of characters to make Harry, Ron, Hermione et al look like wimps, then this is it. -- thebookbag.co.uk A great guilty pleasure read for those of you out there who also harbour secret dreams of becoming a spy, or even those who just want a light-hearted break from studying for their exams. Go out, grab a copy, step out of your reality bubble and enjoy! -- Teen Today A short, fun, fast-moving book. -- INIS 20100901 This book is absolutely incredible. -- Teen Titles 20100801 I couldn't put it down. -- Katie, 15 20100801 I was so excited when I got this book I read it in 24 hours...11/10! -- Toya, 14 20100801 Tore through it in like 4 days, and really loved it. It's a nice guilty pleasure. -- Aime, 15 20100801 Best book in the world. -- Ellie, 13 20100801 Entertaining and witty... refreshing -- Southern Daily Echo 20110620 Ally Carter is an author that you simply can't miss. -- Gripped into Books 20111124 Fast paced and suspense-building, this witty novel is enthralling. -- Lincolnshire Echo 20120307
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Hilarious Teen Spy Read,
This review is from: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (Paperback)
Cammie Morgan is a girl who may appear to be like others but she actually goes to the elite Gallagher Academy and is training to be a spy. Not many girls speak Farsi and can difuse nuclear bombs. But what happens when a girl with talents like these meets an ordinary boy, a boy she starts to like?Very funny story with laugh out loud moments as well as sweet ones. It reminded me of the school aspect of the early Harry Potter books or Tamora Pierce's Protector of the Small series combined with modern attitudes and popculture references. Great Story!
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This review is from: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (Paperback)
This book is really cute and really funny. It can seem unrealistic at points but hey, it's a spy school what can you expect! It's an awesome teen read!
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This review is from: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (Paperback)
Welcome to The Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, an all-girls school located just outside of Roseville, Virginia. Anyone looking at this elite private boarding school would see just what The Gallagher Academy wants you to see--a preppy school for privileged girls, complete with a guardhouse and stone wall to keep the curious away from their precious charges. And they'd be right, of course, and yet they would be so very, very wrong!Because The Gallagher Academy isn't exactly what it appears to be. It's an elite school, that's for sure, and the only boys who grace its grounds are the male teachers. After that, though, the similarities between The Gallagher Academy and every other elite boarding school in the world ends. Instead of math and reading, English and horseback-riding, the girls who attend this school take courses in Covert Operations, Ancient Languages, Countries of the World, Culture and Assimilation, and Protection and Enforcement. The Gallagher Academy is, in a word, a school for spies. Cammie Morgan is a second-generation Gallagher girl--her mother, who also attended the school, is now the headmistress. Her two best friends, Liz and Bex, are both super-smart, and the best spies-in-training she knows (except for Liz's lack of coordination, but that's another story). Cammie has spent most of her life inside the walls of The Gallagher Academy, and now that another semester is starting, complete with new CoveOps teacher, hunky Joe Solomon, she's really looking forward to the new school year. But then things start to get a little out of control. Mr. Solomon seems to know all about Cammie's missing-and-presumed-dead father. She meets a boy in town, Josh, who finally sees her, really sees her, like no one else ever has. After all, she didn't get her nickname, "the chameleon," for nothing. But now Cammie is balancing on a dangerous ledge--knowing that no one outside of the gates of The Gallagher Academy can ever know who she truly is, and wanting nothing more than to spill all of her secrets to Josh. As lies tangle with truths, as first love duels with obligation, Cammie will need to learn exactly what it means to be a spy, her mother's daughter, and a young girl falling in love. I'D TELL YOU I LOVE YOU, BUT THEN I'D HAVE TO KILL YOU is a wonderful, laugh-out-loud, action-adventure extravaganza. Filled with plenty of cool gadgets, intriguing teachers, and heart-pounding first-love moments to keep the reader interested, you won't be able to put this book down once you start. A true winner, and I definitely can't wait for a sequel! Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"
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