I Am the Weapon

They needed the perfect assassin.

Boy Nobody is the perennial new kid in school, the one few notice and nobody thinks much about. He shows up in a new high school in a new town under a new name, makes a few friends, and doesn't stay long. Just long enough for someone in his new friend's family to die -- of natural causes. Mission accomplished, Boy Nobody disappears, moving on to the next target.

But when he's assigned to the mayor of New York City, things change. The daughter is unlike anyone he has encountered before; the mayor reminds him of his father. And when memories and questions surface, his handlers at The Program are watching. Because somewhere deep inside, Boy Nobody is somebody: the kid he once was; the teen who wants normal things, like a real home and parents; a young man who wants out. And who just might want those things badly enough to sabotage The Program's mission.

In this action-packed series debut, author Allen Zadoff pens a page-turning thriller that is as thought-provoking as it is gripping, introducing an utterly original and unforgettable antihero.


Author: Allen Zadoff
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 05/13/2014
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.17h x 5.55w x 1.07d
ISBN: 9780316199674
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.6
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 161533 / Boy Nobody/I Am the Weapon


Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee
Award: Thriller Awards - Nominee
Award: Kentucky Bluegrass Award - Winner
Award: Gateway Readers Award - Nominee

About the Author
Allen Zadoff is the author of several acclaimed novels, including Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have, winner of the Sid Fleischman Humor Award and a YALSA Popular Paperback for Young Adults. He is a graduate of Cornell University and the Harvard University Institute for Advanced Theater Training. His training as a super spy, however, has yet to be verified.