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    <body><![CDATA[The book I read is called Scorpia by Anthony Horowitz. Horowitz has written other books such as Point Blank, Stormbreaker, Eagle Strike, and Skeleton Key. This is the fourth and final book of The Alex Rider adventures. This book is about a teenager boy that is a spy for MI6. He goes to Italy to find...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9922525">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the finest books i have read and this book is so engrossing that i read it in one single stretch.I love reading this book.<br/><br/>Alex goes to Venice for a school trip but he was told in Eagle Strike that he would learn about his father's past.So he tracks down a gang named Scorpia which ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7570381">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was very interesting. It was basically about Alex Rider trying to find out about his father. He never knew his father because he had died when Alex was a kid. Scorpia is a secret agency that mainly assassinates people. My favorite part of this book was when Alex was sneaking into a room wi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32917438">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[“Go to Venice. Find Scorpia. And you will find you destiny.”  These are the words that Yassen Gregorovich said to Alex Rider at the end of the previous book, Eagle Strike.  Alex believes that in Venice he will find out who his father truly was, so he goes there on vacation with his friend Tom.  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58113700">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[After reading several reviews I notice that at the beginning of the novel “Scorpia” by Anthony Horowitz, the reader does get glued to the book.  I found myself continuously telling myself “five more minutes till I go to sleep.”  But as the book progressed I was slowly convincing myself that ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54425086">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[WOW...YOU CAN NEVER GUESS WHAT'S NEXT... Alex goes to work with the criminal organization Scorpia (Sabotage ,Corruption , Intelligence &amp; Assassination) thinking that his father was an assassin working for them &amp; he has to kill Mrs Jones for them , but he gets to know that Scorpia had fooled him &amp; he...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23285601">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[this book is really good but the ending is terrible!!! if you read the book you would know why the ending is bad]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[  Alex Rider, the spitting image of his father in so many ways, is about   to find out just how closely he is his father's son. When Alex learns   that his father was an assassin for Scorpia, the most powerful   terrorist organization going, his world shatters. Now Scorpia wants   Alex on their side, and Alex wages a war of conscience he no longer has   the will to win. Until, that is, he learns of Scorpia's latest plot: an   operation known only as &quot;Invisible Sword&quot; that will result in the death   of thousands of people. Unless he can stop it first . . . .<p>  With a cliffhanger you'll want to read twice, <em>Scorpia</em> is the   most intense thriller yet from bestselling author Anthony Horowitz.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[<strong>SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!1</strong><br/><br/>...you've been warned...<br/><br/>Another great Alex Rider adventure.  I really liked the inner-struggles that Alex had to go through in this book.  At first, I thought that Alex should have shot directly at, but not killed (because of the glass) Mrs. Jones - a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81204457">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The fifth revelation-packed mission in the Alex Rider series! Still reeling from the terrible discovery he has made about his father, teenage MI6 superspy, Alex Rider, is determined to find out more. Travelling to Italy, he manages to infiltrate the glamorous world of Claudia Rothman, beautiful society hostess and member of the international criminal organization, Scorpia. She reveals that Alex's father was murdered by MI6, in an operation masterminded by Head of Special Operations, Mrs Jones. Shocked and angry, Alex faces a choice: to continue to work with the British security services, or to become an agent for Scorpia - and get revenge. &quot;Scorpia&quot; was a no. 1 bestsller, and the Alex Rider series has sold over 1 million copies in the UK alone!]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow this is one of my favorite books! It had action and suspense. Don't worry if things go bad things turn out ok usually.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Once again Anthony Horowitz wrote an amazinmg fast-paced book. At first, I personally thought that his writing was a little shaky, but as a continued reading, the writing got a lot better.<br/><br/>This is about a group named S.COR.P.I.A. Scorpia does stand for something but I'm not going to ruin ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39706315">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book has a fun,enjoyable storyline of a boy who has a secret. He, Alex Rider, is a screct spy and agent. In the begining he finds hisself in a horred decision. Alex has been give a mission and comes across a strong character. He later finds out she knew is father before he was even born. With t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44789388">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read the first several books of the Alex Rider series long enough ago that it took a bit for me to remember the previous novels. And by the time I'd caught up, I was completely absorbed in the plot of <em>Scorpia</em>. A friend had warned me about the very end and even though I was happy she did, I did not...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66559609">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book. I even loved the whole series. All of these books were action packed and high thriller. Even though this book was the longest it was my favorite. I couldn't put this book down.<br/><br/>This book had a great fluency. I could easily move from one chapter to the next and actually ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44109086">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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