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The Falcon's Malteser by Anthony Horowitz
The Diamond Brothers Series
Penguin Young Adult (Paperback)
ISBN-10: 0-14-240219-2 (0142402192)
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-240219-1 (9780142402191)
Publication Date: July 2004
List Price: $6.99
Review written by Michael, Age 11, Grade 6. Date of review: October 2008.
Review: The Falcon’s Malteser is the first book in the Diamond Brothers series. The series is written by Anthony Horowitz, the writer of the Alex Rider series. Nicholas Simple is the main character of this series and is the one in danger all of the time.
Nicholas Simple has chosen to stay with his older brother Herbert, the detective, instead of going to Australia with his parents. Their detective names are Nick and Tim Diamond. When Johnny Naples gives them an envelope with a malteser pack that used to belong to The Falcon, the crazy events starts to happen. Three villains are after Nick: The Fat Man and The Falcon’s two henchmen. Nick and Herbert are faced with one of the most mysterious challenges ever, and the only clue they have is that the pack is very important.
Nick is smarter than his brother, which makes a twist in this book. The Falcon’s Malteser is now one of my favorite books and probably one of my favorite series. When Nick is faced with near death experiences, it made the book a lot more interesting, like when Nick is running in the mall away from a shooting maniac, when he drops a piano, when he almost dies from a grenade, and when he is cemented into a bathtub. Also, I liked how the book made me think that I knew what would happen next, but something else would happen, and it made me feel clueless until the very end. One thing that could have been different is that Herbert (Tim Diamond) could have been smarter, but at least Nick is smart enough to make up for Tim’s dumbness. Sometimes though, Tim’s dumbness is funny.
The book is good for ages: 9 – 14. Filled with lots of action, humor, near death experiences, and a strange mystery, this has been my favorite mystery book.
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