false 136782 39 They told him his uncle died in a car accident. Fourteen-year-old Alex knows that's a lie, and the bullet holes in his uncle's windshield confirm his suspicions. But nothing prepares him for the news that the uncle he always thought he knew was really a spy for MI6—Britain's top secret intelligence agency. Recruited to find his uncle's killers and complete his final mission, Alex suddenly finds himself caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse. 833565 2000 Stormbreaker (Alex Rider, #1) total:4221|5:1703|4:1440|3:850|2:186|1:42| 4221 17239 5290 709 4 2 false false Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 08:42:21 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 07:40:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 3 false false Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 20:52:06 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 17:42:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 16:00:14 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 12:28:02 -0800 2008 Author: Anthony Horowitz, John Blackford (Illustrator)
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA), 224 pp, 2001
Audience: Tweens (young adult)
Format: Juvenile book aimed at the tween market

Description: Alex Rider is fourteen years old a...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Apr 13 19:47:09 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 20:22:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 09:05:16 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 09:45:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 07:25:54 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 07:32:04 -0700 2008
To my surprise the story sucked me right in. Horowitz is a master of character and description...more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 09:17:45 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 11:52:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 02 12:00:43 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 12:05:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 14:47:07 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 14:52:41 -0800 2009
I was expecting more from the book as it was/is so popular with younger boys and this first book spawned a whole series as well as a movie (though I do know that the movie bombed).

I just fou...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 08:12:34 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 09:51:14 -0700 2009
This first book in the seri...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Sep 20 20:35:21 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 11:36:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 07:21:06 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 19:22:42 -0700 2009
An 8th grader recommended this to me. I said I planned to read it at some point which is when he went and got the book off the shelf, telling me I needed to read it sooner. If ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 11:34:50 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 13:03:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 20:55:15 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 06:02:25 -0700 2009
I chose to read (listen) to this book because I am trying to be current with what the kids in the library are reading so I can discuss books with them or reommend titles to them. I found myself being really drawn into the plot of...more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 08:24:26 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 08:25:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 16 16:16:11 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 16:25:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Aug 29 11:15:26 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 11:24:24 -0700 2009 1
Wrong, there was a great deal of potential in this first book. I liked Alex. He is an all around good kid, who has had a good life. Well tha...more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 19:41:52 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 16:15:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 17:51:43 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 18:00:35 -0700 2007 It's a James Bond-like story for boys. I don't like superheros so this book's just OK for me. But I think boys like superheros so it will make sense...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Oct 02 16:57:40 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 21:41:19 -0700 2008