Boy Soldier. Andy McNab and Robert Rigby

by Andy McNab and Robert Rigby

Book Overview

Unable to get into Officer's Training School because of family history, Danny Watts must find his grandfather, an army hero and notorious traitor, and soon discovers that a dark enemy is fast on his... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0552552216
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: CORGI CHILDRENS
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.8" x 5.1"

Customer Reviews

A book you will WANT to read

I picked this book up at my school library, hoping that i'd like it. Better than that, I loved it! Filled with action, and suspense, Traitor by Andy McNab and Robert Rigby was by far one of my favorite books of the year!

A great book to read

Do you like heart-stopping plot twisting books that are changing all the time? If you have answered yes then Traitor by Andy Mcnab and Robert Rigby might be the book for you. This book is the story of a seventeen-year-old boy named Danny Watts, who is training to be in the army. Danny is kept out of the army because of his grand father, Fergus Watts who is a supposed SAS traitor. Danny is an orphan living at an orphanage called foxcroft where his friend Elena helps him find his grandfather. This story is written from Danny's point of view and from Fergus's. This is probably one of the best non-fiction books that I have read in a long and Andy Mcnab and Robert Rigby's style of writing makes this book even more enjoyable. So if you are between the ages of 10 and 14 and like a good book with an unpredictable ending that is writing very well I highly suggest that you give this book a try.

Boy Soldier commentary

This book is a very inspiring story about a boy named Danny whose dream is to become a soldier. That dream changes when he is rejected by the British Army RCB Center because his grandfather Fergus Watts betrayed the SAS regiment. Now Danny wants to hunt down the man who ruined his dreams. But how can he find someone who is an expert in covert operations and trained to avoid capture? This is the main plot in the story. You will think of it as a boring book in the start, but as you read deeper into the book it gets more and more exciting and you will never want to put it down until you reach the conclusion. When you reach the end, you will feel a little sad to know that people believe that Fergus was the traitor but he really wasn't. Danny was not able to clear his name and will have to remain in hiding. I would recommend this book to 4th graders and above because I noticed that the characters swear a lot. If you are interested in military stories grab yourself Andy Mcnab books on SAS training. I give this book a 4 star rating.

Great Book!

I love any any book,fiction or non-fiction that is based on military or secret service(aka MI6,CIA).I even like books about the military hardware.Since I'm not a huge reading fan,I prefer video games and movies lol typically.But I enjoy reading from time to time.so the only authors I've read books from that are military based are Tom Clancy(good videogames to),Dan Brown and Andy McNab. I saw the book "Boy Soldier" in my school library,I knew by the title and "Sgts stripes" on the front cover as well as the snipers view that this book would be military related.So I started reading instantly,and I'm completely glued to it.Since its a fairly long book,I read it from Wednesday to now.I hid it under a book shelf,bookmarked and so far on page 133.I wasn't allowed to borrow it,because in my school you ain't allowed the borrow any books if you have any overdue books,and I owe the library 3 books since July.So today,I actually pinched it for the weekend. This book is set in England and is about a teenager who is about 17 years old,his name is Danny Watts and has the life long dream to join the Army,he applies and completes the training coarses,even doing more than he has to and even in relaxation time,he avoids alcohol,unlike other candidates who go to the pub for beer in relxation time.But he just has a Diet Coke if he goes.However his application is turned down,not because he failed the training but because of his grandfather,an ex-SAS special forces soldier who won many medals and served in the Gulf War who on a mission in Colombia in about 1997,was thought to have betrayed his country and started dealing drugs in Colombia.The English Media despised him of this and was thought to have died in jail. Danny,never knew his grandfather that well,all he knew is that he was in the Army and had an old photo of him.Danny is completely set off about this and he too hates his grandfather,but him and his best friend,Elene a star student who got a load of A's in her GCSE's try to discover more about this mysterious legendary soldier. But on his journey begins to get tailed and watched by operatives of a secret service who are armed and hot on his tail.a sub-contience was bothering him,but nobody believes him. It looks like I've spoiled alot of it but this is only beginning stuff of the book. There are some issues though for example Andy was an SAS operative himself once,but I don't think he actually wrote this.some of the gun details are wrong,not most but some of them are. he desribes the MP5 as an "AUtomatic Machine Gun" when its not precisely that,it actually a selective fire submachine gun.and NVG stands for Night VISION Goggles NOT Night VIEWING Goggles.But he got all the other data right though. But still great book and I plan to read all of its sequels soon. OK bye.

Hero or Traitor?

The book Traitor is by Andy McNab and Robert Rigby. Traitor is about a boy named Danny Watts living in Wiltshire, England who wants to join the army. Danny believes his application for a scholarship from the RCB (Regular Commissions Board) is turned down because his grandfather turned into a traitor. Fergus Watts, once an SAS hero turned against his country and befriended Columbian drug lords. Danny wants to go hunt down his grandfather for preventing him from entering the army, and for his betrayal. Members of MI5 (NOT MI6) are also after Fergus, and do not want Danny to know the truth. Danny's best friend, Elena, who is a semi-genius, helps Danny track down his grandfather. Let's not forget the cowardly but determined reporter, Eddie Moyes. All of these characters come together in the end in a clash that will test the trust of some, and strengthen the trust of others. Traitor is a lot of action and fast-paced events, as well as some humor and intrigue. I recommend this book for anyone who loves action books. I enjoyed this book thoroughly, because of the ways Danny and Fergus manage to escape from the MI5. Remember, you never know who you can trust.