Alex Rider:Graphic Novel 1: Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz ISBN 9780142406113, 0142406112 instant download

Alex Rider:Graphic Novel 1: Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz ISBN 9780142406113, 0142406112 instant download

Readers will cheer for Alex Rider, the 14-year-old hero of British author
Horowitz's spy thriller (the first in a projected series). When his guardian
and uncle, Ian, is mysteriously killed, Alex discovers that his uncle was not
the bank vice-president he purported to be, but rather a spy for the British
government. Now the government wants Alex to take over his uncle's mission:
investigating Sayle Enterprises, the makers of a revolutionary computer called
Stormbreaker. The company's head plans to donate one to every secondary school
in England, but his dealings with unfriendly countries and Ian Rider's murder
have brought him under suspicion. Posing as a teenage computer whiz who's won
a Stormbreaker promotional contest, Alex enters the factory and immediately
finds clues from his uncle. Satirical names abound (e.g., Mr. Grin, Mr.
Sayle's brutish butler, is so named for the scars he received from a circus
knife-throwing act gone wrong) and the hard-boiled language is equally
outrageous ("It was a soft gray night with a half-moon forming a perfect D in
the sky. D for what, Alex wondered. Danger? Discovery? Or disaster?"). These
exaggerations only add to the fun, as do the creative gadgets that Alex uses,
including a metal-munching cream described as "Zit-Clean. For Healthier Skin."
The ultimate mystery may be a bit of a letdown, but that won't stop readers
from racing through Alex's adventures, from a high-speed bike chase to a
death-defying dance with a Portuguese man-of-war. The audience will stay tuned
for his next assignment, Point Blanc, due out spring 2002. Ages 10-up.

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Gr 5-9-Alex Rider's world is turned upside down when he discovers that his
uncle and guardian has been murdered. The 14-year-old makes one discovery
after another until he is sucked into his uncle's undercover world. The
Special Operations Division of M16, his uncle's real employer, blackmails the
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