Scorpia

 An Alex Rider adventure.

 

Anthony Horowitz

 

Everybody says that Alex Rider is the spitting image of his father. Alex knows nothing about his father, also that he died in a so-called Airplane crash. And Alex wants to know more. Also at Yassen Geogrovich’s death bed he speaks his final words to Alex “Your father was a great friend of mine. We were partners. He was a killer like me. He even saved my life once. Go to Venice. Find Scorpia, and you will find your destiny…”  But in Alex’s new adventure he will seek out this Scorpia and he will know more about his father.

I liked this book because of the action and adventure on every page. It really pushes the book forward. Like when Alex encounters a Scorpia agent and throws him in an underground cell, and there is a flood coming in Venice and from the walls almost green from being submerged in water several times. He has to find a way out or he will drown and die. He finds a hole in the ground and squeezes his way into the tunnel; he hopes that the tunnel leads out or he will die. That’s why I really loved this book.

This series of books is not just for kids, but for young adult readers too. Check out the rest of the Alex rider series. I would rate this book 4.5 paws.

Posted by: Harry the Hobo (c) 2013

Eagle Strike!

Have you ever wished you could be a spy? Well this 14 year old spy wishes that he could just be a normal teenage boy. But when Alex (the teenage spy) goes on vacation with his friend Sabina Star, Alex and Sabina come back to find that there has been an explosion. Worse, Sabina’s dad was badly injured. Alex believes the explosion was intended to kill him, but the inspectors say the cause was a leaking gas pipe. Alex thinks that the cause is more than a leaking gas pipe. Will Alex be able to get out of this one in time, or will he stay in … forever?

I really like this book because of the action and adventure in it. It really makes the book, like when Alex (the teenage spy) goes to Damien Cray’s house to save his friends life, but with the cost of the only evidence that Alex has to prove to MI6 (the London secret service) that Damien Cray is plotting to launch off 25 nuclear missiles to 7 specific locations. But Alex has a plan to get his friend back and keep the evidence to prove to MI6 that he was right, and to send somebody to stop him. but will his plan work? That’s why I really liked this book.

This book is not only for kids but for adults too. I would give these book five paws, and I would recommend the rest of the series (the Alex rider adventures) too such as Stormbreaker, Point blank, and skeleton key. They are great! I give this five paws! 

 Posted by: Harry the Hobo (c) 2012

Alex Rider: Stormbreaker

Last week I finished a book called Stormbreaker, written by Anthony Horowitz.

 Stormbreaker is full of adventure, action, and is fast-paced. It is about how a normal teenager boy’s life is turned into a spy adventure against pure evil. Alex Rider’s uncle, Ian Rider, dies in a so-called “car accident”. Later on, Alex goes to the auto junkyard where his uncle’s car is about to be disposed. Alex finds the car riddled with bullets through the windshield and blood in the seats. Will he ever find out what happened to his uncle? 

I loved this book because it always has action each page you go on and adventure is always there. For example, when Alex found himself ambushed by two armed people in quad bikes, he leads them and tricks one of them into crashing into an electric fence and the other falls of the face of a cliff. I also loved this book because of the plot about how Alex figuring out who was the murder of his uncle, Ian Rider.

If you’re an action and adventure lover I would recommend this book. If I were to rate this book I would rate this book five paws.

Posted by: Sertasheep24