The Urban Outlaws are five kids, Jack, Charlie, Obi, Slink and Wren, each of whom bring different skills to the table. Their purpose is to seize "the financial assets of arms dealers, thugs, gangsters, and give it to hospitals, charities and carers" whilst avoiding the threat of being returned to children's homes. A modern day Robin Hood and his merry men if you like.
This is the first book in the series and the book takes you right into the action right from the beginning as they use their home-made James Bond style gadgetry to go on a raid. But there are no Union Jack parachutes here, just more sensible black ones. And the focus of their work is being clever with computers, although you don't need to be a computer geek to understand what is going on.
However this initial raid leads the kids into something bigger than they could have ever imagined, taking on the world's most advanced computer.
All in all a great book for teenagers and young adults alike, although the incompetence of the adults might seem a bit much. But this keeps the story moving along nicely with the suspense and action sure to keep you hooked.
Publication date: 13 March 2014
Amazon UK link: Urban Outlaws
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