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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This was exciting and fun, and *most* of the time, the things Alex did seemed believable, given his personality and background. However, I did find it a bit strange that his uncle so prepared Alex for the life of a spy.... Great action and suspense, and Alex is a smart, and clever guy! This is the first of the Alex Rider series. Its typical Anthony Horowitz. The kind of adventure story boys from about 11+ will love. Nothing deep - just a good action adventure. Alex Rider is 14 years old but when his Uncle is mysteriously killed in an alleged road accident, he gets swept into the secret world of MI6, where he is enlisted as a spy and sent to investigate the same case his uncle was working on. What pre-teen or teenage boy has not dreamed of being Alex Rider? 14 year old spy sent to save his country from evil. As such this is a concept that will work. Not the kind of book you would recommend to adults who do not enjoy children's fiction though. Alex Rider is a action packed book. I enjoy reading about the mission he is sent on by the MI6. This series is impossible to put down so make sure you have the sequal, point blank, with you at all times just in case you finish stormbreaker. In this book alex's uncle, a man who only works at the bank, dies in a car accident. Alex's parents are longs dead. Alex suspects that there is more to his uncles death than meets the eye. He discovers that his uncle actually worked for the MI6 and was murdered. The MI6 hires Alex to investigate a man who is giving free computer to every school in en England. Alex discovers the secrets of the computers and must stop the opening ceremony before it is too late. They told him his uncle died in an accident. He wasn't wearing his seatbelt, they said. But when fourteen-year-old Alex finds his uncle's windshield riddled with bullet holes, he knows it was no accident. What he doesn't know yet is that his uncle was killed while on a top-secret mission. But he is about to, and once he does, there is no turning back. Finding himself in the middle of terrorists, Alex must outsmart the people who want him dead. The government has given him the technology, but only he can provide the courage. Should he fail, every child in England will be murdered in cold blood. The first in a thrilling new series 0.050 seconds to build listing no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0698119347, Mass Market Paperback)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) (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:56 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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Great action and suspense, and Alex is a smart, and clever guy! (