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false <![CDATA[Scorpia (Alex Rider, #5)]]> 542414 21 Fans of the Alex Rider Adventures will not be disappointed by the slam-bang action in this fifth book in the spy thriller series, although the ending may leave them feeling a bit dismayed. A parachute jump onto the roof of a super-secure pharmaceutical complex, a desperate escape from a water-filled cellar under the canals of Venice, elegant and witty encounters with mega-criminals bent on death -- it's all here, and Alex, still 14-years old, comes out ahead every time in spite of the heavy odds against him. "Go to Venice. Find Scorpia. And you will find your destiny," Alex was told by a dying man at the end of the previous book, Eagle Strike. And so we find him; in Venice, with his friend Tom, looking for clues to his father's identity and death. Was he an agent of MI6, the secret world organization that has used Alex before? Or was he a tool of Scorpia, the powerful international criminal agency that specializes in sabotage, corruption, intelligence, and assassination? And which are the bad guys? Alex loses track as he is recruited by the beautiful and deadly Julia Rothman, one of the nine executives of Scorpia, to be trained at their Venetian island school for assassins and to take part in a plot to kill thousands of 12 and 13-year-olds in England. Caught between shifting allegiances and different versions of his father's life and death, Alex outwits and outfights everybody as the plot rockets along to a smash finish that will leave readers breathless and shocked. (Ages 10-14) --Patty Campbell 1779383 2004 Scorpia (Alex Rider, #5) total:2546|5:1326|4:787|3:357|2:63|1:11| 2546 10996 3268 231 5 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 04 07:21:04 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 04 07:22:25 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 11 01:40:33 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 24 03:11:11 -0800 2007
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 ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 08:35:34 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 13:02:39 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 5 0 false true Mon Jun 01 17:34:08 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 18:34:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Apr 29 18:30:03 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 18:30:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false true Sat Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 01:02:44 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 05:02:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Feb 27 17:34:05 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 17:36:32 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 11:55:23 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 12:02:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 17 20:06:41 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 20:15:00 -0700 2009 I can understand how he felt, thinking that his father was...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 15:56:24 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 16:00:11 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 12:22:24 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 10:54:58 -0800 2008
This is about a group named S.COR.P.I.A. Scorpia does stand for something but I'm not going to ruin ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 29 15:09:55 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 16:04:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 11:56:25 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 11:56:35 -0700 2009 Scorpia. A friend had warned me about the very end and even though I was happy she did, I did not...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 23 16:25:38 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 17 18:41:40 -0700 2009
This book had a great fluency. I could easily move from one chapter to the next and actually ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Dec 04 18:42:48 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 15 19:01:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Jun 02 09:33:31 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 09:34:58 -0700 2008 Author: Anthony Horowitz
Publisher: Scholastic Inc. Year: 2004
# of pages: 312 Genre: Male/Novel/Series
Reading level: 15-18 Interest level: Middle/High School
Potential hot lava:
•Violence, mainly killings
•Organized crime
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