Stormbreaker - Anthony Horowitz (Paperback)
Product Details
- Barcode
- 9780142406113
- Department
- Books
- Released
- 16 Feb 2006
- Supply Source
- UK
Book
- Author
- Anthony Horowitz
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Group USA
- Series
- Alex Rider
- Language
- English
- Number of Pages
- 256
- Dimensions
- 197 x 133 x 13mm (318g)
Annotation
After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian,
fourteen-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle's
dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency, MI6.
Summary
Alex Rider will soon be a star in his very own TV
series!
Meet the orphan turned teen superspy who's saving the world one mission at a time—from #1 New York Times bestselling author!
They said his uncle Ian died in a car accident. But Alex Rider knows that’s a lie, and the bullet holes in the windshield prove it. Yet he never suspected the truth: his uncle was really a spy for Britain’s top secret intelligence agency. And now Alex has been recruited to find his uncle’s killers . . .
Alex Rider's is debut mission is packed with bonus material - including an extra Alex Rider short story, a letter from Anthony Horowitz, and much more!
From the author of Magpie Murders and Moriarty.
“Slam-bang action, spying and high-tech gadgets . . . a non-stop thriller!”—Kirkus Reviews
Meet the orphan turned teen superspy who's saving the world one mission at a time—from #1 New York Times bestselling author!
They said his uncle Ian died in a car accident. But Alex Rider knows that’s a lie, and the bullet holes in the windshield prove it. Yet he never suspected the truth: his uncle was really a spy for Britain’s top secret intelligence agency. And now Alex has been recruited to find his uncle’s killers . . .
Alex Rider's is debut mission is packed with bonus material - including an extra Alex Rider short story, a letter from Anthony Horowitz, and much more!
From the author of Magpie Murders and Moriarty.
“Slam-bang action, spying and high-tech gadgets . . . a non-stop thriller!”—Kirkus Reviews
Juvenile Fiction
- General Subject
- Juvenile Grades 7-9 Ages 12-14
- BISAC Subject 1
- Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General
- BISAC Subject 2
- Juvenile Fiction / Mysteries & Detective Stories
- BISAC Subject 3
- Juvenile Fiction / Mysteries & Detective Stories
- BIC Classification 1
- Crime & mystery fiction (Children's / Teenage)
- BIC Classification 2
- Crime & mystery fiction (Children's / Teenage)
- Library Subject 1
- Spies; Fiction.
- Library Subject 2
- Terrorism; Fiction.
- Library Subject 3
- Orphans; Fiction.
- Academic Subject 1
- Teen's Fiction - Action & Adventure
- Dewey Classification
- [Fic]
Author Bio
Anthony Horowitz (anthonyhorowitz.com) is a world-renowned
screenwriter for film and television, having received multiple
awards. And he is, of course, the author of the #1 New York Times
bestselling Alex Rider novels, which have become bestsellers the
world over, spawned a major motion picture, and a line of graphic
novels. A master of the spy thriller, Anthony is the only writer
authorized by both the Arthur Conan Doyle and Ian Fleming Estates
to write original Sherlock Holmes and James Bond novels,
respectively. Anthony lives with his wife in London, England; they
are parents to two grown boys. Follow Anthony on Twitter
@AnthonyHorowitz.
Review Quotes
"Slam-bang action, spying and high-tech gadgets . . . . a non-stop
thriller!" - Kirkus