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Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
The Alex Rider Series
Penguin Young Adult (Paperback)
ISBN-10: 0-14-240611-2 (0142406112)
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-240611-3 (9780142406113)
Publication Date: February 2006
List Price: $7.99
Review written by Joey, Age 11, Grade 6. Date of review: October 2008.
Review: Stormbreaker, written by Anthony Horowitz, is about a young teenager named Alex Rider. This is the first book in what could be a very excellent series.
This story takes place in many different places in England such as Chelsea. Alex Rider is the main character and is the “good guy”. There are also some bad guys such as Mr. Grin Nadia Vole. The main bad guy Herod Sayle a multi-millionaire with a very good company. That isn’t exactly what it seems. Alex Rider is trying to find out what Sayle enterprise is really up to. He is sent in to do this at such a young age because without knowing it his uncle Ian Rider was a spy and was training Alex for this day all his life without Alex knowing it.
I thought this was a very interesting book. I’ve never read a book like it. It always keeps you on the edge of your seat like when Alex is hanging on a flag pole at the top of a very tall building about to fall when suddenly. That is an example of when the author kept you on the edge of your seat. It is full of action, and it was really hard to put the book down because you never know what is going to happen next. This book is good for young adults like middle and high school kids. It isn’t very appropriate for younger kids because there is a little too much violence because a lot of people die. I thought it was cool how in some points in the book it shows both Alex’s and the bad guys points of view. Also I like the surprise at the end of the book. I would definitely suggest this book.
This book won the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award in 2004.
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