Antihero: Otto Malpense (and many, many more!)
Genre: Young Adult Fiction / Action / Thriller
Citation: Walden, Mark. H.I.V.E. : Higher Institute of Villainous Education, London
: Bloomsbury, 2006.
Annotation:
Otto Malpense is only thirteen years old but has turned the orphanage he
has lived his entire life in into his own mini criminal organisation. But when
his empire is threatened he takes things to a new level launching an ingenious
plan that saves his domain. However this plan brings him to the attention of a
criminal organisation called H.I.V.E.
The Higher institute of villainous education or H.I.V.E. is a school were
children who have been identified as possible criminal prodigies are taken in
order to be trained to become the world’s next super villains. The handpicked
students are kidnapped and brought to the school, a secluded island inside of a
seemingly active volcano.
The children are given no choice and must stay and continue their
education at the school for the next six years. Otto sees what the school has
to offer him but is not impressed his greatest desire is to escape and return
to his orphanage. Of the incoming class he seems to be in the minority however
he does make friends with a few students with similar desires to escape.
Together they form a plan to escape.
What ensues is a fast paced action packed ride as readers hold their
breath as the watch the battle between the future of evil verse the greatest
villains of the current day, the teachers. Readers find themselves engrossed
and unable to stop themselves from cheering on Otto and his evil friends as
they battle for freedom.
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