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Kid 'R' Us. Alex isn't very different than you were (or will be) at fourteen. He lives a normal life, and he loves to "play soccer" (4.81) with his friends; he's mostly disinterested in school, although he can be focused and engaged with subjects that he enjoys. He doesn't have any special skills, and there are no tricks up his sleeves.
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They told him his uncle died in an accident. He wasn't wearing his seatbelt, they claimed. 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...
The novel opens as fourteen-year-old Alex Rider learns that his uncle and legal guardian, Ian Rider, has been killed in a car crash. Unbeknownst to Alex and his housekeeper, Jack Starbright, Ian's position as a "banker" was actually a cover for his role as an MI6 agent. Alex becomes suspicious upon being told that the outwardly safety-conscious Ian...
Alex Rider is a 14-year-old schoolboy who lives with his uncle Ian and their housekeeper Jack Starbright. Ian is supposedly a bank manager and is, much to Alex's regret, often away from home. One day, Alex is told that his uncle has died in a car crash, but quickly discovers that his uncle was in fact a spy working for MI6 and was murdered. He is t...
Stockport Schools' Book AwardRed House Children's Book AwardStormbreaker was the only book so far in the series that didn't end with a pitched, climactic battle at the culmination of the story.It is one of two stories where MI6 blackmail Alex to have him investigate the villain. Interestingly, the second case where this occurs is again Point Blanc.A missing chapter was released on the internet for the Stormbreaker book, after being used as a postscript in Never Say Die. It features Alex and K-Unit during RTI (Resistance to Interrogation) tra...The series as a whole is heavily inspired by James Bond. The first line of the novel ("When the doorbell rings at three in the morning, it’s never good news.") echoes the opening line of Casino Roy...Stormbreaker, published in 2000, is the first novel in the Alex Rider series by British author Anthony Horowitz. It is a YA action-adventure novel that follows 14-year-old Alex Rider as he is recruited as a spy by MI6. The novel explores The Moral Complexities of Espionage, Perseverance in the Face of Difficulty, and The Interplay of Technology ...
The jeep shakes—Alex has been sandwiched between two machine-gun-wielding, jeep-driving henchmen. Alex pulls the ol' sudden stop routine, though, and shakes them. With the plane finally in reach, Alex shoots the harpoon gun, landing the shot perfectly on the "underbelly of the plane" (15.16). Alex climbs in and finds the plane empty, except ...
Stormbreaker is an exciting, suspenseful novel that jumpstarts the career of a highly unusual spy. Alex Rider wakes in the middle of the night to hear the police knocking on the door. The housekeeper, Alex's good friend Jack Starbright, opens the door to learn that Alex's uncle, Ian Rider, has been killed in a car accident.
Alex is the 14-year-old protagonist of the novel. He grew up in the Chelsea area of West London with his uncle Ian and housekeeper, Jack Starbright. Never having known his parents, who died when he was an infant, Alex bonded with Ian and Jack. Ian taught him sports and outdoor skills including soccer, karate, diving, skiing, motorbike riding ...
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Stormbreaker Summary. Back. More. Meet Alex Rider, an average British teenager whose life is about to seriously change. Everything starts when Alex's uncle and caretaker, Ian Rider, is killed in a car accident. Alex is devastated by the news and worried about his future, but he has questions about the official story—nothing seems to add up.
