I’ve been a huge fan of Barry Lyga’s ever since reading his wonderful Jasper Dent novels. Stories about a teen whose dad is one of the planet’s most notorious serial killers and who uses his knowledge to solve crimes involving other serial killers? Super awesome. But we aren’t here to hear me fangir...
The premise is that the grandfathers run the orphan program and each team has a dad. The children are trained on the playground, where they're taught to disarm bombs, for example, by being told that the puppy they've wanted will blow up via bomb-collar if they don't solve a puzzle in two minutes. ...