Be Careful and Be Ready

Author's Note: I wrote this piece to describe the theme/ main idea the book Only the Good Spy Young, written by Ally Carter. In this piece I have been trying to show more of sentence fluency and voice.

Kids playing in the park, adults running after their dogs at the Dog Park, and employees chasing after their clients to give the right amount of change are all examples of innocent people with a typical life.   However, the girls from the Gallagher Academy have no normal life as a spy in training. In the book, Only The Good Spy Young, by Ally Carter, the author clearly displays the theme, “be careful, and be ready.”

“Be yourself” is one of the main themes in these books.  Cammie is getting chased and almost got kidnapped by the Circle Of Cavan.  Cammie needs to be herself because part of her personality is bold and she needs to prove this as she fights with the “Circle of Cavan”.  Her friends are also in need of being themselves because they need to embrace that feature of their personalities as well to help Cammie through these tough times. In the book Cammie says that she needs to embrace her braveness and her boldness as they fight together in class or even off school campus.

When the well-known Gallagher Girls are off of the school campus they need to be just as cautious as they are when they are at school; maybe even more.  These girls are very special because they know how to do many things that a spy teenage girl would much more likely know how to do than a normal teenage girl. That means that they need to be careful when off of school campus because whenever they are going off of school campus it is for one of two reasons:  1. Covert Operations Assignment with the rest of the junior Cove Ops (Covert Operations) class, or 2. They are sneaking out for a strange reason without adult permission.  Off of school campus is a big deal for these small town girls that are used to a mansion with a lot of spy-in-training girls. This is also a big deal because these girls don’t know anyone else besides their teachers and classmates.  This means that the girls could be surprised by anyone, who could do anything to them.

Talking about anyone in the town of Roseville who can do anything is also like being ready. Any girl, including Gallagher girls, all need to be ready whenever they are off school campus and not with an adult, because like stated before in the book, “Anything can happen when you are by yourself or even with others.”   Even Cammie Morgan, “The Chameleon,” can be seen, spotted and targeted when she is hiding. This proves that everyone, especially Gallagher girls, needs to be ready when they are off school campus, and particularly when they are by themselves.

In this book, they Gallagher girls do need to be ready for anything, just like an average human. I think this book relates to life because when you are any age, anybody can surprise you and do anything. Just like in the Gallagher girls series everybody needs to take caution with every move.

Taking into consideration all of the different themes that could be possible in this book, the main themes are be ready and be careful.  Remember whenever you are doing something dangerous or different from your lifestyle to be ready and be careful.