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Rebel Undercover

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X-Men meets Spy Kids in the third installment of The Forgotten Five middle-grade fantasy/adventure series by the New York Times bestselling author of The Unwanteds.
Estero City is in an uproar following the exposure of President Fuerte as a supernatural, as well as the surprise announcement by Magdalia Palacio—Seven’s mother—that she will oppose Fuerte in the upcoming election. The forgotten five and their allies know the president is corrupt to the core. But no one knows if Magdalia can be trusted.
Meanwhile, Birdie, Seven, Tenner, and Brix are reeling from Cabot’s decision to leave the group and join her parents, who are collaborating with Fuerte and his gang of supernatural criminals. Does that make Cabot their enemy, too?
Still, there’s work to be done. The Librarian, the five’s trusted confidante, has a daring new plan: Lada will go undercover and pretend to work for the president while gathering intelligence for the supernatural resistance. It’s a dangerous assignment, setting the group up for a showdown with their most powerful enemy yet—their own criminal parents.
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    • Kirkus

      April 15, 2023
      As the Forgotten Five investigate President Daniel Fuerte's plans to build an army of supers, the reappearance of their criminal parents continues to complicate matters in this sequel to 2022's The Invisible Spy. Reeling from Cabot's decision to rejoin her parents, who are coerced members of President Fuerte's supers criminal gang, the rest of the Five--Birdie, Brix, Seven, and Tenner--grapple with their friend's perceived defection. Is Cabot (whose latent powers have started appearing) now a baddie? But other storms arise. Following the public unmasking of President Fuerte as a super, protesters from around Estero storm the presidential palace. The surprise announcement of a presidential run by Magdalia, Seven's AWOL mom, also threatens Fuerte's bid to retain power. As the presidential race gets heated, stalwart ally Lada preps to infiltrate the presidential palace by going undercover as a recruit for Fuerte's army, a risky move that's deadlier than the group realizes. Meanwhile, The Librarian's enigmatic actions begin to raise the Five's suspicions about their once-reliable spy mentor. Like a well-oiled Saturday-morning cartoon, McCann's series continues to feature boisterous superpower hijinks and lighthearted espionage with dabs of engrossing familial melodrama. The political shenanigans remain deeply, endearingly silly, and the author does a fine job of maintaining high stakes as the plots get knottier and the twists even dizzier. Another doozy of a cliffhanger swoops in at the end to carry willing readers into the following installment. Fantastically silly fun! (Fantasy. 8-12)

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  • ATOS Level:5.5
  • Lexile® Measure:790
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:3-4

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