Listen free for 30 days
-
Henderson's Boys: The Escape
- Narrated by: Simon Scardifield
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Categories: Teen & Young Adult, Literature & Fiction
People who bought this also bought...
-
Henderson's Boys: Eagle Day
- By: Robert Muchamore
- Narrated by: Simon Scardifield
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Late summer, 1940. Hitler has conquered France. Now he intends to cross the Channel and defeat Britain before winter arrives. A group of young refugees led by British spy Charles Henderson faces a stark choice: to head south into the safety of neutral Spain or go north on a risky mission to sabotage the German invasion plans. For official purposes, these children do not exist.
-
Henderson's Boys: Secret Army
- By: Robert Muchamore
- Narrated by: Simon Scardifield
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Britain, 1941.The government is building a secret army of intelligence agents to work undercover, gathering information and planning sabotage operations. Henderson's boys are part of that network: kids cut adrift by the war, training for the fight of their lives. They'll have to parachute into unknown territory, travel cross-country and outsmart a bunch of adults in a daredevil exercise. In wartime Britain, anything goes.
-
Henderson's Boys: Grey Wolves
- By: Robert Muchamore
- Narrated by: Simon Scardifield
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Spring, 1941.German submarines are prowling the North Atlantic, sinking ships filled with the food, fuel and weapons that Britain needs to survive. With the Royal Navy losing the war at sea, six young agents must sneak into Nazi-occupied Europe and sabotage a submarine base on France's western coast. If the submarines aren't stopped, the British people will starve.
-
Henderson's Boys: The Prisoner
- By: Robert Muchamore
- Narrated by: Simon Scardifield
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
One of Henderson's best agents is being held captive in Frankfurt. A set of forged record cards could be his ticket to freedom but might just as easily become his death warrant. A vital mission awaits him in France - if he can find a way to escape.
-
-
very good book
- By Michaela Bordessoule on 21-07-17
-
Henderson's Boys: One Shot Kill
- By: Robert Muchamore
- Narrated by: Simon Scardifield
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Spring, 1943. The war is turning against Germany, but Hitler isn't giving up. In a secret bunker deep in occupied France, scientists are hard at work on Hitler's latest deadly weapon: code name FZG-76. Back in England Henderson's boys will need to undergo advanced sniper training if they've any chance of infiltrating the bunker. Parachuting into occupied France, they track down a secret dossier filled with invaluable material - and uncover the meaning of the enigmatic code.
-
Henderson's Boys: Scorched Earth
- By: Robert Muchamore
- Narrated by: Simon Scardifield
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Summer, 1944. As Allied soldiers prepare to land in France, Marc and his friends must destroy a battalion of German tanks that could halt the invasion in its tracks. The tide of war has turned against the Nazis, but desperation has made them more brutal than ever. Henderson's Boys' final mission will be their most dangerous. With food and weapons in short supply, survival is the biggest challenge of all.
-
-
An amazing book
- By Mrs R on 18-06-20
-
Henderson's Boys: Eagle Day
- By: Robert Muchamore
- Narrated by: Simon Scardifield
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Late summer, 1940. Hitler has conquered France. Now he intends to cross the Channel and defeat Britain before winter arrives. A group of young refugees led by British spy Charles Henderson faces a stark choice: to head south into the safety of neutral Spain or go north on a risky mission to sabotage the German invasion plans. For official purposes, these children do not exist.
-
Henderson's Boys: Secret Army
- By: Robert Muchamore
- Narrated by: Simon Scardifield
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Britain, 1941.The government is building a secret army of intelligence agents to work undercover, gathering information and planning sabotage operations. Henderson's boys are part of that network: kids cut adrift by the war, training for the fight of their lives. They'll have to parachute into unknown territory, travel cross-country and outsmart a bunch of adults in a daredevil exercise. In wartime Britain, anything goes.
-
Henderson's Boys: Grey Wolves
- By: Robert Muchamore
- Narrated by: Simon Scardifield
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Spring, 1941.German submarines are prowling the North Atlantic, sinking ships filled with the food, fuel and weapons that Britain needs to survive. With the Royal Navy losing the war at sea, six young agents must sneak into Nazi-occupied Europe and sabotage a submarine base on France's western coast. If the submarines aren't stopped, the British people will starve.
-
Henderson's Boys: The Prisoner
- By: Robert Muchamore
- Narrated by: Simon Scardifield
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
One of Henderson's best agents is being held captive in Frankfurt. A set of forged record cards could be his ticket to freedom but might just as easily become his death warrant. A vital mission awaits him in France - if he can find a way to escape.
-
-
very good book
- By Michaela Bordessoule on 21-07-17
-
Henderson's Boys: One Shot Kill
- By: Robert Muchamore
- Narrated by: Simon Scardifield
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Spring, 1943. The war is turning against Germany, but Hitler isn't giving up. In a secret bunker deep in occupied France, scientists are hard at work on Hitler's latest deadly weapon: code name FZG-76. Back in England Henderson's boys will need to undergo advanced sniper training if they've any chance of infiltrating the bunker. Parachuting into occupied France, they track down a secret dossier filled with invaluable material - and uncover the meaning of the enigmatic code.
-
Henderson's Boys: Scorched Earth
- By: Robert Muchamore
- Narrated by: Simon Scardifield
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Summer, 1944. As Allied soldiers prepare to land in France, Marc and his friends must destroy a battalion of German tanks that could halt the invasion in its tracks. The tide of war has turned against the Nazis, but desperation has made them more brutal than ever. Henderson's Boys' final mission will be their most dangerous. With food and weapons in short supply, survival is the biggest challenge of all.
-
-
An amazing book
- By Mrs R on 18-06-20
-
Cherub: The Recruit
- By: Robert Muchamore
- Narrated by: Simon Scardifield
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A terrorist doesn't let strangers in her flat because they might be undercover police or intelligence agents, but her children bring their mates home and they run all over the place. The terrorist doesn't know that a kid has bugged every room in her house, cloned the hard drive on her PC, and copied all the numbers in her phone book. The kid works for Cherub. Cherub agents are aged between 10 and 17. They live in the real world, slipping under adult radar and getting information that sends criminals and terrorists to jail.
-
-
Who would believe that kids are trained as spies?
- By Toadkin on 07-07-14
-
Cherub: The First Collection
- Books 1-3
- By: Robert Muchamore
- Narrated by: Simon Scardifield
- Length: 18 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A terrorist doesn't let strangers in her flat because they might be undercover police or intelligence agents, but her children bring their mates home, and they run all over the place. The terrorist doesn't know that one of these kids has bugged every room in her house, made copies of all her computer files and stolen her address book. The kid works for Cherub. Cherub agents are aged between 10 and 17. They live in the real world, slipping under adult radar and getting information that sends criminals and terrorists to jail.
-
-
awwsome
- By Dabird on 24-02-21
-
Robin Hood: Hacking, Heists & Flaming Arrows
- Robin Hood, Book 1
- By: Robert Muchamore
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
You can't go far without a quick brain and some rule-bending in a place like Locksley. After its vast car plants shut down, the prosperous town has become a wasteland of empty homes, toxic land and families on the brink. And it doesn't help that the authorities are in the clutches of profit-obsessed Sheriff of Nottingham, in cahoots with underworld boss Guy Gisborne.
-
-
Adaptation of a classic that works today
- By K. J. Noyes on 19-12-20
-
Higher Institute of Villainous Education
- H.I.V.E., Book 1
- By: Mark Walden
- Narrated by: Jack Davenport
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
H.I.V.E. is a top-secret school of villainy, where children with a precocious talent for wrongdoing are sent to develop their talents and become criminal masterminds. After all, "Villains have the best lines and wear the best costumes."
-
-
A great listen
- By Leo on 06-03-12
-
Hostage
- Bodyguard, Book 1
- By: Chris Bradford
- Narrated by: Simon Victor
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In a dangerous world, everyone needs protection. Hostage is the first installment from the Bodyguard series by Chris Bradford, best-selling author of Young Samurai. Bodyguard is a bulletproof action-adventure series that fans of Cherub and Alex Rider will love. This is Lee Child for younger readers--Jason Bourne for the next generation.
-
-
Not just for young adult
- By Katy on 20-10-15
-
Special Forces Cadets 1: Siege
- Special Forces Cadets, Book 1
- By: Chris Ryan
- Narrated by: Dan Morgan
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A top-secret government programme needs a crack team of undercover military operators. They must have awesome levels of determination, endurance and fitness. They must be able to think on their feet. The recruits undergo the most rigorous and testing selection process the modern military can devise. And in order to operate in circumstances where adult forces would be compromised, the recruits must be under 16. Only a few are tough enough and smart enough to make it.
-
-
An unusual Chris Ryan book
- By Ricky on 09-10-18
-
The Overlord Protocol
- H.I.V.E., Book 2
- By: Mark Walden
- Narrated by: Jack Davenport
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Otto and Wing have permission to leave H.I.V.E.'s secret island location to attend a funeral. But before they can reach their destination, the duo is ambushed. Who would risk assassinating the star pupil of the Higher Institute of Villainous Education?
-
-
Rip-roaring Boy's Own adventure!
- By Dave Cridland on 13-04-13
-
H.I.V.E.: Aftershock
- By: Mark Walden
- Narrated by: Richard Coyle
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Otto and the rest of the elite Alpha stream at H.I.V.E. have been sent on their most dangerous exercise yet: The Hunt. But when Otto and the rest of the Alphas arrive in the icy wastes of Siberia, it becomes clear that something is wrong. Dr Nero, the head of the school, has made some powerful enemies at the Global League of Villainous Enterprises - and the first strike against Nero will be a strike against the Alpha stream.
-
-
love it
- By D. Wilkinson on 14-12-20
-
Young Bond: Silverfin
- By: Charlie Higson
- Narrated by: Nathaniel Parker
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
File Note Strictly Confidential - Authorised Personnel Only. Subject: James Bond. Age: 13. Description: dark hair that falls in a comma above his brow, despite efforts to control it; blue eyes; tall for age; surprisingly strong; fluent French, good German. Essential components: a ruthless villain who will stop at nothing; a girl - blond, green-eyed, named Wilder Lawless; a fast car.
-
-
Stunning... just stunning
- By Ewan Melling on 13-04-17
-
Escape Velocity
- H.I.V.E., Book 3
- By: Mark Walden
- Narrated by: Jack Davenport
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Higher Institute of Villainous Education is in grave danger: Dr Nero, its leader, has been captured by the world's most ruthless security force. It's up to Otto to save him, but first he must escape Nero's sinister replacement and H.I.V.E. itself. Then Otto faces the ultimate challenge - to break into MI6. Something no villain has ever succeeded in doing...The second thrilling story in the H.I.V.E. series from bestselling author Mark Walden.
-
-
Epic
- By Mrs. on 27-04-15
-
H.I.V.E.: Deadlock
- By: Mark Walden
- Narrated by: Will Thorp
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Otto and Raven are desperate to rescue their friends from the clutches of Anastasia Furan, head of the evil Disciples organisation. First they must track down the location of the Glasshouse, the prison where Furan trains children to become ruthless assassins. But Otto is also being hunted. The three months that Otto has spent following his expulsion from H.I.V.E. have given the Artemis Section - an elite division of the American intelligence services that specialises in capturing the toughest targets and reports only to the president - an opportunity to locate him.
-
-
Where is H.I.V.E. No. 9!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
- By PJ on 26-03-20
-
H.I.V.E. - Dreadnought
- By: Mark Walden
- Narrated by: Richard Coyle
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The world’s most powerful villains have a problem. One of their own is threatening global Armageddon, with himself at the head of a sinister new world order. Meanwhile, Otto, Wing and other students from H.I.V.E. are en route to a training exercise in the Arctic known as the ninety-three-percenter, owing to the proportion of students who make it back alive. But before they arrive, events take over, and Otto and his most trusted villain-friends find themselves in the sights of the most dangerous man alive, with nowhere to run to....
-
-
Don't like change
- By Samuel on 25-10-18
Summary
Summer, 1940. Hitler's army is advancing towards Paris, and millions of French civilians are on the run. Amidst the chaos, two British children are being hunted by German agents.
British spy Charles Henderson tries to reach them first, but he can do it only with the help of a 12-year-old French orphan.
The British secret service is about to discover that kids working undercover will help to win the war.
More from the same
What listeners say about Henderson's Boys: The Escape
Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Amazon Customer
- 13-04-20
Amazing!
I loved everything about this book it is action packed and has an amazing storyline and I am also reading Robert Muchamore’s other series cherub and it is awesome!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Amazon Customer Dave
- 06-02-20
brilliant
loved it was very good and thoroughly recommend it. Suitable for 11 up. Story was amazing
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Gordon Curley
- 01-09-15
unnecessary bad language!
Would you try another book written by Robert Muchamore or narrated by Simon Scardifield?
unnecessary bad language and blasphemy – a real spoiler!
What could Robert Muchamore have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
cut out the swearing
What about Simon Scardifield’s performance did you like?
yes
You didn’t love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?
listening to it on a car journey - I had to turn it off because I do not want my 13&14yr olds (recommended age group)listening to unnecessary bad language and blasphemy.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- jagayhere
- 29-03-16
Exciting, if sometimes too quickly read.
Simon Scardifield reads marvelously, but sometimes so quickly it's a bit slurred. The story is exciting, tragic, gripping!
1 person found this helpful