H.I.V.E. by Mark Walden
HIGHER INSTITUTE OF VILAINOUS EDUCATION Otto Malpense may only be thirteen years old, but so far he has managed to run the orphanage where he lives, and he has come up with a plan clever enough to trick the most powerful man in the country. He is the perfect candidate to become the world's next supervillain. That is why he ends up at H.I.V.E., handpicked to become a member of the incoming class. The students have been kidnapped and brought to a secluded island inside a seemingly active volcano, where the school has resided for decades. All the kids are elite; they are the most athletic, the most technically advanced, and the smartest in the country. Inside the cavernous marble rooms, floodlit hangars, and steel doors, the students are enrolled in Villainy Studies and Stealth and Evasion 101. But what Otto soon comes to realize is that this is a six-year program, and leaving is not an option. With the help of his new friends: an athletic martial-arts expert; a world-famous, beautiful diamond thief; and a spunky computer genius -- the only other people who seem to want to leave -- can Otto achieve what has never been done before and break out of H.I.V.E.?Before becoming a full-time writer and father, Mark Walden worked as a video game creator and producer for a decade. He graduated from Newcastle University with a BA in English Literature and an MA in twentieth-century literature, film, and television. He is the creator of the H.I.V.E. acronym. He lives in the United Kingdom with his family and is the author of the series and the Earthfall Trilogy. Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich is written and illustrated by Adam Rex, a New York Times bestselling novelist and illustrator.
The Real Meaning of Smekday, which was adapted into the successful animated film Home; Moonday; and School's First Day of School, drawn by Christian Robinson, are among his other works. He also did illustrations for Mac Barnett's Brixton Brothers series, Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Trouble, Chloe and the Lion, and How This Book Was Created, as well as Neil Gaiman's Chu's Day. He currently resides in Tucson, AZ. Visit AdamRex.com for more information, or follow him on Twitter @MrAdamRex.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781416935711 |
| ISBN 10 | 1416935711 |
| Title | H.I.V.E. |
| Author | Mark Walden |
| Series | Hive |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| Year published | 2007-05-22 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Prizes | Commended for Massachusetts Children's Book Award 2008, Short-listed for Grand Canyon Reader Award (Tween) 2011 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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