Alex Rider Boxed Set, #1-3

Alex Rider #1-3

by Anthony Horowitz

This volume includes; Stormbreaker, Point Blanc and Skeleton Key.

Alex Rider is an orphan turned teen superspy who's saving the world one mission at a time—from #1 New York Times bestselling author!


1. Stormbreaker
They told him his uncle died in an accident. He wasn't wearing his seatbelt, they said. But when fourteen-year-old Alex finds his uncle's windshield riddled with bullet holes, he knows it was no accident. What he doesn't know yet is that his uncle was killed while on a top-secret mission. But he is about to, and once he does, there is no turning back. Finding himself in the middle of terrorists, Alex must outsmart the people who want him dead. The government has given him the technology, but only he can provide the courage. Should he fail, every child in England will be murdered in cold blood.


2. Point Blanc
When an investigation into a series of mysterious deaths leads agents to an elite prep school for rebellious kids, MI6 assigns Alex Rider to the case. Before he knows it, Alex is hanging out with the sons of the rich and powerful, and something feels wrong. These former juvenile delinquents have turned well-behaved, studious—and identical—overnight. It's up to Alex to find out who is masterminding this nefarious plot, before they find him.


3. Skeleton Key
Alex Rider has been through a lot for his fourteen years. He's been shot at by international terrorists, chased down a mountainside on a makeshift snowboard, and has stood face-to-face with pure evil. Twice, young Alex has managed to save the world. And twice, he has almost been killed doing it. But now Alex faces something even more dangerous. The desperation of a man who has lost everything he cared for: his country and his only son. A man who just happens to have a nuclear weapon and a serious grudge against the free world. To see his beloved Russia once again be a dominant power, he will stop at nothing. Unless Alex can stop him first... Uniting forces with America's own CIA for the first time, teen spy Alex Rider battles terror from the sun-baked beaches of Miami all the way to the barren ice fields of northernmost Russia.

Genres: Espionage, Mystery, Childrens, Action, Young Adult

912 pages, Paperback

First published October 7, 2002

About the author

Anthony Horowitz, OBE is ranked alongside Enid Blyton and Mark A. Cooper as "The most original and best spy-kids authors of the century." (New York Times). Anthony has been writing since the age of eight, and professionally since the age of twenty. In addition to the highly successful Alex Rider books, he is also the writer and creator of award winning detective series Foyle’s War, and more recently event drama Collision, among his other television works he has written episodes for Poirot, Murder in Mind, Midsomer Murders and Murder Most Horrid. Anthony became patron to East Anglia Children’s Hospices in 2009.

On 19 January 2011, the estate of Arthur Conan Doyle announced that Horowitz was to be the writer of a new Sherlock Holmes novel, the first such effort to receive an official endorsement from them and to be entitled the House of Silk.

http://us.macmillan.com/author/anthon...

Reviews

[Nora · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was very interesting, it had mainly three different parts. So it really confused me because I think I got them mixed up all the time. So that means I must have misunderstood. Bu the first part is called, Storm breaker. It is about a boy and his uncle died in an accident. it was mainly because he wasn't wearing his seat belt. Well that is at least what some people said. But when Alex, the boy finds out that his uncle's windshield riddled with bullet holes. He knew that it was not just an accident. He knew that something was wrong and that this was somehow planned, because he knew that what happened just couldn't be right. But what he did not know is that his uncle was killed while he was at a top secret mission. Read the book to find out what happens next and what the other two topics or parts are about. Overall this book was okay, but if you like to read book that really leave you hanging and wanting to read more, this is the perfect book for you.

[Miguel_Rodarte · Rating 5 out of 5]

my review is that my favorite is the second book how he had to sve the world from Dr.Grief and the gemini project and from whre all the boys there were pretty expensive. and there was only sixteen clones of Alex Rider and they only caught fifteen so there was one on the loose

[Joseph Stalin · Rating 4 out of 5]

GREAT BOOK

[Jordan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an ongoing series about a boy who is thrust into the world of betrayal, sacrifice and deception. I started reading these books when I was younger and the character has grown over the years as have the books. It is always nice to have something that seems to be growing with me.

[Patrick Chen · Rating 5 out of 5]

The writing and stuff is really really good, and it's captivating with a good storyline. I liked the whole series and it's not like that happens everyday.That's all I can say: It's great.

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice easy reading books with good suspense, mystery and fairly deep characters. Nice sci-fi novel. :)

[Kyle Owens · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoy this series of books, although it is extremely far-fetched in times (i.e. 14 year saves earth, while in space), they are exciting to read. The first one I think is still my favorite.

[Kristin Anderson · Rating 4 out of 5]

i don't really remember anything important about skeleton key, but the rest of them are really really good! :) probably some of my favorite books ever!

[Hannah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome! Actually, this is what they had for the book Skeleton Key, So I;m writing a review for that. Once again, the suspense and action make it hard to put down-can't wait for the next book!

[Sebastián · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good and young reader friendly.

[Ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

love it