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Apr 30, 2013JCLChrisK rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Jake hates the boring restrictiveness of his rigid boarding school, so when he gets suspended for the last six weeks of the term--for sneaking out at night to play a geocaching game he and his friends have invented--he's looking forward to the extra free time and a bit of adventure. Particularly since he'll be spending the time in the sunny, wild, teeming capital of African nation Burkina Faso, where is dad is the British ambassador. Except Jake learns true adventure isn't all that fun after he and his younger sister are kidnapped by Yakuuba Sor, leader of a terrorist group and one of the most wanted outlaws in the Sahara Desert. They must quickly learn about a whole different experience of life if they are to survive long enough to make their way home. --- Packed with action, intrigue, high-tech surveillance and weapons, parkour, disguises, cleverness, a variety of cultures and languages, gritty mercilessness, and social awareness, this is an exciting tale of survival in a part of the world unfamiliar to most readers. I definitely enjoyed devouring it quickly.