I'D TELL YOU I LOVE YOU, BUT THEN I'D HAVE TO KILL YOU by Ally Carter
Category: Action-Adventure
Age Recommendation: Grades 6+
Release Date: 5/1/06
Publisher: Hyperion
Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"
Rating: 5 Stars
Welcome to The Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, an all-girls school located just outside of Roseville,
Virginia. Anyone looking at this elite private boarding school would see just what The Gallagher Academy wants you to
see--a preppy school for privileged girls, complete with a guardhouse and stone wall to keep the curious away from their
precious charges. And they'd be right, of course, and yet they would be so very, very wrong!
Because The Gallagher Academy isn't exactly what it appears to be. It's an elite school, that's for sure, and the only boys
who grace its grounds are the male teachers. After that, though, the similarities between The Gallagher Academy and every
other elite boarding school in the world ends. Instead of math and reading, English and horseback-riding, the girls who
attend this school take courses in Covert Operations, Ancient Languages, Countries of the World, Culture and Assimilation,
and Protection and Enforcement. The Gallagher Academy is, in a word, a school for spies.
Cammie Morgan is a second-generation Gallagher girl--her mother, who also attended the school, is now the headmistress.
Her two best friends, Liz and Bex, are both super-smart, and the best spies-in-training she knows (except for Liz's lack of
coordination, but that's another story). Cammie has spent most of her life inside the walls of The Gallagher Academy, and
now that another semester is starting, complete with new CoveOps teacher, hunky Joe Solomon, she's really looking
forward to the new school year.
But then things start to get a little out of control. Mr. Solomon seems to know all about Cammie's missing-and-presumed-
dead father. She meets a boy in town, Josh, who finally sees her, really sees her, like no one else ever has. After all, she
didn't get her nickname, "the chameleon," for nothing. But now Cammie is balancing on a dangerous ledge--knowing that
no one outside of the gates of The Gallagher Academy can ever know who she truly is, and wanting nothing more than to
spill all of her secrets to Josh.
As lies tangle with truths, as first love duels with obligation, Cammie will need to learn exactly what it means to be a spy, her
mother's daughter, and a young girl falling in love.
I'D TELL YOU I LOVE YOU, BUT THEN I'D HAVE TO KILL YOU is a wonderful, laugh-out-loud, action-adventure
extravaganza. Filled with plenty of cool gadgets, intriguing teachers, and heart-pounding first-love moments to keep the
reader interested, you won't be able to put this book down once you start. A true winner, and I definitely can't wait for a
sequel!
Category: Action-Adventure
Age Recommendation: Grades 6+
Release Date: 5/1/06
Publisher: Hyperion
Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"
Rating: 5 Stars
Welcome to The Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, an all-girls school located just outside of Roseville,
Virginia. Anyone looking at this elite private boarding school would see just what The Gallagher Academy wants you to
see--a preppy school for privileged girls, complete with a guardhouse and stone wall to keep the curious away from their
precious charges. And they'd be right, of course, and yet they would be so very, very wrong!
Because The Gallagher Academy isn't exactly what it appears to be. It's an elite school, that's for sure, and the only boys
who grace its grounds are the male teachers. After that, though, the similarities between The Gallagher Academy and every
other elite boarding school in the world ends. Instead of math and reading, English and horseback-riding, the girls who
attend this school take courses in Covert Operations, Ancient Languages, Countries of the World, Culture and Assimilation,
and Protection and Enforcement. The Gallagher Academy is, in a word, a school for spies.
Cammie Morgan is a second-generation Gallagher girl--her mother, who also attended the school, is now the headmistress.
Her two best friends, Liz and Bex, are both super-smart, and the best spies-in-training she knows (except for Liz's lack of
coordination, but that's another story). Cammie has spent most of her life inside the walls of The Gallagher Academy, and
now that another semester is starting, complete with new CoveOps teacher, hunky Joe Solomon, she's really looking
forward to the new school year.
But then things start to get a little out of control. Mr. Solomon seems to know all about Cammie's missing-and-presumed-
dead father. She meets a boy in town, Josh, who finally sees her, really sees her, like no one else ever has. After all, she
didn't get her nickname, "the chameleon," for nothing. But now Cammie is balancing on a dangerous ledge--knowing that
no one outside of the gates of The Gallagher Academy can ever know who she truly is, and wanting nothing more than to
spill all of her secrets to Josh.
As lies tangle with truths, as first love duels with obligation, Cammie will need to learn exactly what it means to be a spy, her
mother's daughter, and a young girl falling in love.
I'D TELL YOU I LOVE YOU, BUT THEN I'D HAVE TO KILL YOU is a wonderful, laugh-out-loud, action-adventure
extravaganza. Filled with plenty of cool gadgets, intriguing teachers, and heart-pounding first-love moments to keep the
reader interested, you won't be able to put this book down once you start. A true winner, and I definitely can't wait for a
sequel!
I'd Tell You I Love You,
But Then I'd Have To Kill You
by Ally Carter
But Then I'd Have To Kill You
by Ally Carter