BOOK REVIEW: Stormbreaker(Anthony Horowitz)

Book:  Stormbreaker
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Rating: 7/10
recommended age: 10  -  16/17- this book isn't too violent or graphical although their is fights and one or two occasions of people getting shot, there's no bad language but some language in the book is complicated so I would hesitate giving it to a younger child


This is the very first book of Horowitz's"Alex Rider" series of books.
Alex Rider is just a normal teenager living in London with an uncle who works for a bank and his house keeper Jack ,he goes ot school and his life is fine. But when the doorbell rings at 3 in the morning it's never good news...

His uncle Ian Rider has been found dead in a car accident,he wasn't wearing his seatbelt, so sorry.
But Alex knows his uncle was a careful man and the no seatbelt  doesn't quite fit. Then at the funeral attended by people he has never even met before  from the bank , Mr Crawley a man from personnel, Mr Blunt with eyes as hard as steel the supposed  head of the bank and then a man with a gun hidden in a holster, what normal bank workers carry guns?
Little did Alex know his whole view of his uncle is about to change.

Called into the bank the next day he discoverers something remarkable there is no royal and general bank, it's a front for MI6. His uncle was a spy!

But now MI6 show a nastier side, blackmailing Alex to accept a part on the mission that got his uncle killed ,investigating Heord  Sayle a apparent do gooder who wishes to repay Britain by gifting every school a new state of the art computer, this seems to good to be true and as Alex is about to find out their is a mad and sinister plot in Sayle enterprises,one that could destroy Britain for generations to come.

alone and armed with a few gadgets and 11 days training Alex is against the odds to find out what's happening, why his uncle died and how to stop a madman form killing every child in Britain...



This book is a very gripping and thrilling read and once you've started it's hard to put down. The book has a near perfect mix of action and mystery and who doesn't enjoy books about spy's and secret missions?
add the fact his just a kid mean you've got the making of a good book and a brilliant series.

Hope you found this review helpful,

The Devonian  Reviewer


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