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H.I.V.E. Higher Institute of Villainous Education (H.I.V.E. #1)
by
Mark Walden (Goodreads Author)
HIGHER INSTITUTE OF VILLAINOUS 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...more
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...more
Hardcover, 320 pages
Published
May 22nd 2007
by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
(first published September 4th 2006)
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Reviewed by Jeremey for TeensReadToo.com
Welcome to Hogwarts for bad guys, minus the magic.
H.I.V.E. is a school set on a deserted island where brilliant young adults who have come from criminal families or have taken part in criminal projects are taught to become the worst that they can be.
Otto Malpense remembers nothing about how he came to be on the H.I.V.E. island, and neither does him Asian friend, Wing. The H.I.V.E. staff explains to the young criminals that their parents agreed to let the...more
Welcome to Hogwarts for bad guys, minus the magic.
H.I.V.E. is a school set on a deserted island where brilliant young adults who have come from criminal families or have taken part in criminal projects are taught to become the worst that they can be.
Otto Malpense remembers nothing about how he came to be on the H.I.V.E. island, and neither does him Asian friend, Wing. The H.I.V.E. staff explains to the young criminals that their parents agreed to let the...more
Sep 26, 2007
Newton
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
people who like to read about villains or an evil mastermind who wants some entertainment
On an island in the middle of nowhere, there is a school. But not just any school, it's a school for villains! Named H.I.V.E. for Higher Institute for Villainous Education, H.I.V.E. recruits only the best and the brightest of students to become criminal masterminds. Each person has a special talent that could potentially be used for criminal deeds and H.I.V.E aims to foster that potential.
The story follows an orphaned, white haired young boy with the name of Otto Malpnese. He is a genius and ca...more
The story follows an orphaned, white haired young boy with the name of Otto Malpnese. He is a genius and ca...more
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Welcome to Hogwarts for bad guys, minus the magic.
H.I.V.E. is a school set on a deserted island where brilliant young adults who have come from criminal families or have taken part in criminal projects are taught to become the worst that they can be.
Otto Malpense remembers nothing about how he came to be on the H.I.V.E. island, and neither does him Asian friend, Wing. The H.I.V.E. staff explains to the young criminals that their parents agreed to let them join the school--and that they are und...more
H.I.V.E. is a school set on a deserted island where brilliant young adults who have come from criminal families or have taken part in criminal projects are taught to become the worst that they can be.
Otto Malpense remembers nothing about how he came to be on the H.I.V.E. island, and neither does him Asian friend, Wing. The H.I.V.E. staff explains to the young criminals that their parents agreed to let them join the school--and that they are und...more
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Feb 03, 2009
Ronda
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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kids_and_ya,
fantasy_and_sci-fi
Have you ever felt like your schoolwork is killing you? Well, Otto Malpense has been kidnapped and imprisoned in a school that might literally be the death of him. The story begins as Otto wakes to find himself strapped into a helicopter flying over an ocean. Upon landing he is introduced to the strange island world of H.I.V.E., the Higher Institute of Villainous Education, an exclusive school for turning out world-class villains. There is no communication with the outside world. There seems to...more
I admit it. I'm picky. I'm particularly picky when it comes to depictions of villains and superheroes. And the books on villainy tend to leave me sorely disappointed when they don't work.
The Hogwarts only Evil/or Hall of Doom for the school set is a nice idea, and in fact it's perfectly fine. I've no problem with the school, or the idea of one. But I read for character, and I just found myself dealing with a bunch of stereotypes and people that all think in the same tone and same vocabulary. May...more
The Hogwarts only Evil/or Hall of Doom for the school set is a nice idea, and in fact it's perfectly fine. I've no problem with the school, or the idea of one. But I read for character, and I just found myself dealing with a bunch of stereotypes and people that all think in the same tone and same vocabulary. May...more
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Oct 25, 2011
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"En los últimos meses han aparecido dos novedades en nuestras librerías; ambas exhiben en la portada un logo extraño (un puño partiendo una esfera en dos, en un caso; un angelito armado hasta los dientes en otro) y un título que incluye una palabra no menos extraña: HIVE, en uno de ellos, y CHERUB, en otro. Pero ahí se acaban las similitures externas: mientras que CHERUB tiene un formato de bolsillo y una portada de un naranja rabioso, HIVE se ha editado en tapa dura y en un serio color gris. ¿Q...more
H.I.V.E
I have read the book called H.I.V.E and wow, if you can put a little bit of everything into a book this is it. It has action suspense, comedy, drama. This book is now my favorite series other then Eragon. The main character is Otto, but some other ones are Wing Fanchu, Laura, Shelby, and Nigel Darkdoom. They have all been brought to the H.I.V.E. They don't know why, except for the fact that they are some of the most talented criminals the world hasn't seen.It all started when the Prime Mi...more
I have read the book called H.I.V.E and wow, if you can put a little bit of everything into a book this is it. It has action suspense, comedy, drama. This book is now my favorite series other then Eragon. The main character is Otto, but some other ones are Wing Fanchu, Laura, Shelby, and Nigel Darkdoom. They have all been brought to the H.I.V.E. They don't know why, except for the fact that they are some of the most talented criminals the world hasn't seen.It all started when the Prime Mi...more
This is installment number one in another early/pre-teen sci-fi/fantasy adventure series with potential to cross-over into the comic-book-graphic-novel genre - something I pre-read in the hope that I can get my son to read it. I think the underlying theme here is, "gee, you think YOUR school stinks; you think YOUR teachers are crazy; you think YOUR CLASSMATES are sociopaths; you think YOU'VE got it rough??? well, lemme show you bad school COULD be...." OK, I admit that is actually a pretty appea...more
If you kidnapped the world's most mischeivous, cunning teenagers and imprisoned them at a secret training academy for supervillains, what would happen?
That's the shamelessly ridiculous premise of Mark Walden's H.I.V.E. (which stands for Higher Institute of Villainous Education) and if you can suspend your disbelief far enough, you will find it a rewarding read. The dialogue is witty, the plot twists deft, and the setting inventive, with plenty of knowing nods to the comic books and Bond films wh...more
That's the shamelessly ridiculous premise of Mark Walden's H.I.V.E. (which stands for Higher Institute of Villainous Education) and if you can suspend your disbelief far enough, you will find it a rewarding read. The dialogue is witty, the plot twists deft, and the setting inventive, with plenty of knowing nods to the comic books and Bond films wh...more
The first book in a YA series that smells a lot like Harry Potter, but isn't quite as good as the Percy Jackson books. It's also a somewhat predictable book, albeit predictable in enjoyable ways. Neither the characters nor the plot are in the same category as Rowlings or even Riordan or Colfer. Still, I found myself getting into it by the end, and starting to appreciate the unique elements of the first book.
Orphan boy genius Otto Malpense-- who is in the unique position of having peers who respe...more
Orphan boy genius Otto Malpense-- who is in the unique position of having peers who respe...more
Feb 23, 2012
Lily K
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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pretty-good-books
An evil Alex Rider series, H.I.V.E. is a fast-paced and fun read for all ages, especially those who enjoyed the Alex Rider series.
Otto Malpense wakes up in an unfamiliar helicopter next to a serene Chinese boy named Wing, both of them kidnapped. They are taken to an island where there is a school inside a volcano called the Higher Institute of Villainous Education, for short H.I.V.E. Otto and Wing are both highly suspicious about the school that teaches them how to sneak around a building full...more
Otto Malpense wakes up in an unfamiliar helicopter next to a serene Chinese boy named Wing, both of them kidnapped. They are taken to an island where there is a school inside a volcano called the Higher Institute of Villainous Education, for short H.I.V.E. Otto and Wing are both highly suspicious about the school that teaches them how to sneak around a building full...more
This book would certainly and without a doubt make for an excellent video game that would delight me at every turn. However, this is not a video game, it's a book. And it turns out reading a video game, complete with the quests you have to accomplish, is not nearly as much fun as playing it. The character is a genius, but not in a believable way, more in a 'the author thought this was really cool and ended up making a Gary-Stu' kind of way. He's uninteresting, pretentious, he ran an orphanage an...more
Otto Malpense is a gifted boy. So gifted, in fact, that he turned his run-down orphanage into a grand almost palace, and he was able to destroy the Prime Minister's reputation just because he wanted to close down the orphanage. He thought he had covered his trackes. He was wrong. Destroying the PM's reputation not only saved his orphanage, but it put him on the map for H.I.V.E.:The Higher Institute of Villanous Edjucation. Its location is so secret, he is zapped uncontious from a sleeper, a type...more
Interest level: 5th +
Reading level: medium
Genre: adventure, suspense, teen criminals, schools
Series: H.I.V.E.
H.I.V.E. stands for the Higher Institute of Villanous Education - a secret school that only enrolls students who are talented at being bad; i.e., those who have already committed a number of crimes in the real world. At H.I.V.E. they are trained to become masters of crime which takes six grueling years. But not all students who enter H.I.V.E. come willingly. In fact, Otto Malpense, and hi...more
Reading level: medium
Genre: adventure, suspense, teen criminals, schools
Series: H.I.V.E.
H.I.V.E. stands for the Higher Institute of Villanous Education - a secret school that only enrolls students who are talented at being bad; i.e., those who have already committed a number of crimes in the real world. At H.I.V.E. they are trained to become masters of crime which takes six grueling years. But not all students who enter H.I.V.E. come willingly. In fact, Otto Malpense, and hi...more
The students at HIVE are the best in the world at what they do — thieving, hacking, planning the ridicule of a country’s prime minister. Each student has been kidnapped and enrolled in the school to help turn them into the supervillian of tomorrow. And sense this is a middle grade book, we’re talking the cartoonish kind of supervillian, the ones that build a huge magnet to draw in a giant comet to destroy the earth unless the world’s governments pay them a huge ransom kind of supervillian.
The mo...more
The mo...more
The students at HIVE are the best in the world at what they do — thieving, hacking, planning the ridicule of a country’s prime minister. Each student has been kidnapped and enrolled in the school to help turn them into the supervillian of tomorrow. And sense this is a middle grade book, we’re talking the cartoonish kind of supervillian, the ones that build a huge magnet to draw in a giant comet to destroy the earth unless the world’s governments pay them a huge ransom kind of supervillian.
The mo...more
The mo...more
Ages: 10+
At the age of thirteen, Otto Malpense ran his orphanage with skilled precision. He had just saved it from being closed down, and felt as though all was well and right in the world.
And then he woke one morning, not in his bed, but in an airplane. He had been kidnapped, but why? All he knew was that he had to get back to his old life. He'd worked too hard to let it slip through his fingers now.
But his captors had other plans. It seemed that Otto had been enrolled in H.I.V.E. where the run...more
At the age of thirteen, Otto Malpense ran his orphanage with skilled precision. He had just saved it from being closed down, and felt as though all was well and right in the world.
And then he woke one morning, not in his bed, but in an airplane. He had been kidnapped, but why? All he knew was that he had to get back to his old life. He'd worked too hard to let it slip through his fingers now.
But his captors had other plans. It seemed that Otto had been enrolled in H.I.V.E. where the run...more
THIS BOOK IS AWESOME!! I never thought that I would say this but I have finally found a book equalling The Inheritance Series and Department 19!
The book is about a certain criminal mastermind (sorta like Artemis Fowl but not at all that cool! :P) whose name is Otto Malpense and well..i'll get to my review later..first the obvious book information:
H.I.V.E. is a top secret school hidden inside a still active volcano. The school is a part of G.L.O.V.E., the Global League of Villainous Enterprises,...more
The book is about a certain criminal mastermind (sorta like Artemis Fowl but not at all that cool! :P) whose name is Otto Malpense and well..i'll get to my review later..first the obvious book information:
H.I.V.E. is a top secret school hidden inside a still active volcano. The school is a part of G.L.O.V.E., the Global League of Villainous Enterprises,...more
At the age of thirteen, Otto Malpense ran his orphanage with skilled precision. He had just saved it from being closed down, and felt as though all was well and right in the world.
And then he woke one morning, not in his bed, but in an airplane. He had been kidnapped, but why? All he knew was that he had to get back to his old life. He'd worked too hard to let it slip through his fingers now.
But his captors had other plans. It seemed that Otto had been enrolled in H.I.V.E. where the running mott...more
And then he woke one morning, not in his bed, but in an airplane. He had been kidnapped, but why? All he knew was that he had to get back to his old life. He'd worked too hard to let it slip through his fingers now.
But his captors had other plans. It seemed that Otto had been enrolled in H.I.V.E. where the running mott...more
Orphan and genius, Otto Malpense, 13, is brilliant, reads books in a matter of minutes, and has a photographic memory. He can also manipulate any technological device to perform at his will. Over the 13 years he has spent at the orphanage he has single-handedly brought it back to life. When a politician threatens the orphanage with cutting off its funding, Otto pulls a prank which reduces him to a blithering idiot. With a smug smile of satisfaction, Otto feels he can conquer the world...that's w...more
This book was two stars until the ending, which is actually quite decent, even for a cliffhanger. Otherwise, the book was kind of forgettable. I think that a lot of people will actually like this concept quite a bit, and probably like the characters as well, but I was not one of those people. I think what got me was that the world-building seemed incomplete. Or vague, maybe - about as vague as the location of a certain island volcano. I never got a very good sense of H.I.V.E., or any of the peop...more
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HIVE: The Higher Institute for Villainous Education is a school designed to train brilliant children with a penchant for evil deeds into criminal masterminds.
Otto Malpense (love the name) is an orphan with a photographic memory and a talent for manipulating others into doing his bidding. He is kidnapped after a splendid stunt and finds himself one of the newest students at HIVE. Denied contact with the outside world and finding himself under the watchful eye of the school headmaster and the scho...more
Otto Malpense (love the name) is an orphan with a photographic memory and a talent for manipulating others into doing his bidding. He is kidnapped after a splendid stunt and finds himself one of the newest students at HIVE. Denied contact with the outside world and finding himself under the watchful eye of the school headmaster and the scho...more
Jan 17, 2013
Christian.h
is currently reading it
I in the middle of Mark Walden's book H.I.V.E. Know this part that I am reading is about otto's life befor he went to H.I.V.E.. Otto can rember anything he does and he can pick up things in a secound. I think this is relly cool and I wish I could do that. Also the place were he grew up is going to be destroyed. So Otto being so smart was able to find his way into the people's building who were going to destroy the building using a small robot that he used to somehow hipnotise the prime minster t...more
I just finished this book and it is awesome great plot and great way to write it out. It is about Otto and his friends struggle to escape H.I.V.E. that is a school that takes kids in from around the world with the most devious or evil minds there is.
Most books involving gifted kids that are basically teenage spies involve them as the good spies but this book is much different in this book they are learning to become “the worst they can be” I think this is definitely a brilliant idea for a book...more
Most books involving gifted kids that are basically teenage spies involve them as the good spies but this book is much different in this book they are learning to become “the worst they can be” I think this is definitely a brilliant idea for a book...more
Jul 08, 2012
Tori
rated it
1 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
fantasy,
found-at-library
Well.. rant time, I guess.
First of all, I was going to finish this book. (because, after all, it is better to rant when you've read the whole thing... and I don't like not finishing a book) But it's missing 30 pages! O.o It jumps from 154 to 187 or something like that. And it's not like someone ripped them out, you would be able to notice that. They were never there. Did anyone else have this problem? 'cause it's weeeeiiiird. The editor/publisher/author/someone should have caught that... Majorly...more
First of all, I was going to finish this book. (because, after all, it is better to rant when you've read the whole thing... and I don't like not finishing a book) But it's missing 30 pages! O.o It jumps from 154 to 187 or something like that. And it's not like someone ripped them out, you would be able to notice that. They were never there. Did anyone else have this problem? 'cause it's weeeeiiiird. The editor/publisher/author/someone should have caught that... Majorly...more
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H.I.V.E.
Mark Walden
The Hive is about a school for extremely intelligent kids who use their gifts to promote evil. They are abducted and sent to a school called HIVE which stands for Higher Institute of Villainous Education. Otto get's abducted and is trying to figure out how to escape but it never works. Can he do it.....
The motif of friendship is shown clearly when Otto realizes that he can't leave his friend Wing behind "Wing had risked his life for him without hesitation" Otto has finally fo...more
Mark Walden
The Hive is about a school for extremely intelligent kids who use their gifts to promote evil. They are abducted and sent to a school called HIVE which stands for Higher Institute of Villainous Education. Otto get's abducted and is trying to figure out how to escape but it never works. Can he do it.....
The motif of friendship is shown clearly when Otto realizes that he can't leave his friend Wing behind "Wing had risked his life for him without hesitation" Otto has finally fo...more
highly, Highly, HIGHLY recommended by the 11 year old in my life. She read this one 4 months ago and has fallen in love with the entire series. To the point of dressing as Raven for literary dress-up day (i.e. Halloween at School). Who is Raven, I would ask? And she will giggle manically in response and follow with "read it and find out yourself".
Ok. Done and done. Raven, is the master assassin hiding in the shadows of H.I.V.E, the school for future villains. Otto, Wing Shelby and Laura find the...more
Ok. Done and done. Raven, is the master assassin hiding in the shadows of H.I.V.E, the school for future villains. Otto, Wing Shelby and Laura find the...more
H.I.V.E, or the Higher Institute of Villainous Education, is a top-secret facility nestled in abandoned caverns on a remote island. It is here where the world's future villains receive their training and here where Otto Malpense unexpectedly finds himself. New students to H.I.V.E have no idea they are being brought there and once they are there they must stay for the next 6 years to receive their villainous training. Parents, if there are any, are aware of where their children are being taken an...more
H.I.V.E sounds completely badarse. It's the sort of place you would envisage Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl attending, or where the enemies of Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider might have come from. The idea is fantastic, which is why I picked it up, but the writing lets it down in some places. Although I bought it from the teen fiction section, I would definitely consider this to be children's fiction.
The story starts out slow and falteringly. The introduction into the setting is dragged out, with an o...more
The story starts out slow and falteringly. The introduction into the setting is dragged out, with an o...more
Such an enjoyable read about kids training to be villains of the earth! It had such an adventurous vibe to it that it pushed me to read till the end. It's imaginative high tech gadgets and setting was enough for me to read about a world almost better that Storm Breaker; or maybe a much younger version of Alex Rider.
I mean look at how clever the title is! H.I.V.E Higher Institute of Villainous Education. I've read about kids training to be the 'heroes' but not the villains! Goes to show how adult...more
I mean look at how clever the title is! H.I.V.E Higher Institute of Villainous Education. I've read about kids training to be the 'heroes' but not the villains! Goes to show how adult...more
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I am the world’s laziest man.
No…really. Not just a bit slack, really, truly, breathtakingly lazy.
Which is why it’s taken me so long to get off my big, lazy rear end and get myself properly on-line.
I’m the author of the HIVE series of books which I hope that some of the people who stumble across this might have read and enjoyed. Or read and hated…
I am fortunate enough to live with the two most beau...more
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No…really. Not just a bit slack, really, truly, breathtakingly lazy.
Which is why it’s taken me so long to get off my big, lazy rear end and get myself properly on-line.
I’m the author of the HIVE series of books which I hope that some of the people who stumble across this might have read and enjoyed. Or read and hated…
I am fortunate enough to live with the two most beau...more
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