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Stormbreaker (Alex Rider Adventure)
Author: Anthony Horowitz

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Publisher: Puffin
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780142406113 - ISBN-10: 0142406112
Publication Date: 2/16/2006
Pages: 256
Reading Level: Ages 9-12

Book Description:
They told him his uncle died in a car accident. But fourteen-year-old Alex knows that's a lie, and the bullet holes in his uncle's windshield confirm his suspicions. But nothing could prepare him for the news that the uncle he always thought he knew was really a spy for MI6-Britain's top secret intelligence agency. Recruited to find his uncle's killers and complete his final mission, Alex suddenly finds himself caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse.

"What if James Bond had started spying as a teenager? Non-stop action keeps the intrigue boiling." (Kirkus Reviews)

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A Christie S. wrote on 5/7/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

really enjoyed this book. it's the first in a series that is perfect for the young bond lover. it's about a 14 year-old that MI6 recruits as a spy.

Alex N. (bioluminescence) wrote on 1/27/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

The best new series, with widest appeal, for preteen through teenage boys---and lots of girls too! Most of the kids I've recommended this to have gone on to read the whole series. It's no surprise this is being made into a movie--it's a great light reading thriller.

Emily G. (knightslady) wrote on 8/8/2006...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

A very interesting read. Kept me read until the end.


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Jennifer W. (GeniusJen) wrote on 7/21/2008...


Reviewed by Me for TeensReadToo.com

Fourteen-year old Alex Rider knows something bad has happened when the doorbell rings in the middle of the night. He soon learns that his caretaker uncle, Ian Rider, was killed in an automobile accident on his way home. A banker who works for Royal & General, Alex's uncle was a fine man who wasn't home much--but he's still devastated by his death. Except the appearance of some strange people who claim to be his uncle's co-workers, a gun-toting man at his uncle's funeral, and the findings of his uncle's bullet-ridden car make Alex think that there's more than meets the eye to the "automobile accident" story.

Alex soons find out that his Uncle Ian's life, at least where he himself was concerned, was based on a lie. Ian Rider was a spy, employed by the Special Operations Divison of MI6. And the last case he was working on, concerning multi-millionaire Herod Sayle, was a case that got Ian Rider killed. Now Mr. Blunt and Mrs. Jones, head of SOD, want Alex to pick up where his uncle, their operative, left off--infiltrate the compound where Herod Sayle is building his new Stormbreaker computers, and find out what Ian Rider had to die for.

What follows is an action-packed story of danger, bullets, viruses, and out-and-out excitement. At fourteen, Alex is savvy, trained in martial arts, can speak multiple languages, and is, in fact, a truly bliddy good spy!

Anthony Horowitz has devised a real winner with Alex Rider and his new career (although he was actually forced into working for MI6), and I can't wait to read the next book in the series and see what mission Alex will be sent on next!


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