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    Outlaw

    By Stephen Davies

    3.5/5

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    Fifteen-year-old Jake Knight is an explorer and adventurer at heart but this often gets him into trouble. When a stuffy English boarding school suspends him for rule-breaking, Jake flies out to Burkina Faso where his parents are living. He is expecting a long, adventure-filled vacation under a smiling African sun. But what awaits him there is kidnapping, terrorism and Yakuuba Sor - the most wanted outlaw in the Sahara desert.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAndersen Digital
    Release dateSep 1, 2011
    ISBN9781849398893
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    Stephen Davies

    Stephen Davies is a missionary living amongst Fulani herders in West Africa. He speaks Fulfulde, eats millet, and accompanies cattle-drives. He also write for the Guardian Weekly (Letters from Burkina Faso). Have a look at his website: www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk.

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    • 4/5
      I picked up this book because I loved Hacking Timbuktu and I wasn't disappointed. Outlaw is much more unrealistic, but I didn't care. There aren't a lot of books set in locations like Burkina Faso, so I definitely had an open mind. Jake and Kas, brother and sister, are kidnapped by what they assume are outlaws who are actually terrorists, but the truth is much more complicated. I really liked the characters, but what I really liked is that Jake and Kas worked together (and separately) to overcome their situation. I liked that Davies also played on our expectations of terrorists/terrorism and turned them a bit on their head to get his point across. I look forward to more of Davies' books. Fans of the Alex Rider series will probably like these, though they're far better than Horowitz's books.
    • 3/5
      Jake Knight longs for adventure, but he’s stuck at a stuffy English boarding school. When he is suspended for being caught off campus while playing a geocaching game, Jake joins his parents and sister at the British Embassy in Burkina Faso, where his father is the ambassador. Things are definitely looking up … or so he thinks.At a fancy diplomatic party, Jake and his sister Kas are kidnapped by terrorists. The culprit is the infamous Yakuuba Sor, the most wanted outlaw in the Sahara. As Jake and Kas try to escape, they find that things are not entirely what they seem. Is is possible that Yakuuba Sor is the good guy? Who is really behind their kidnapping? Can Jake and Kas return to their parents safe and sound?Jake wanted adventure and he certainly gets it in this thriller!
    • 4/5
      Jake and his sister are kidnapped from a fancy banquet in Burkina Faso, where their father is ambassador, and end up at a hidden camp in the middle of the desert. All is not as it seems however; is the MI5 rescuer the good guy? Is the dangerous captor who Jake has been told he is? The suspense builds right until the end, and the setting make for a most intriguing plot.
    • 4/5
      I didn't expect to like this novel much, but I did. Jake is an interesting character but Yakuuba is definitely more interesting. I do wish the author would have interspersed more information about Burkina Faso throughout the novel. While the novel's plot is well-paced, some elements tied together a bit too nicely and felt unbelievable.