Stormbreaker, Anthony Horowitz

Alex Rider has a perfectly normal life apart from the fact that he lives with his uncle as his parents died when he was younger. Until the day his uncle dies in a car crash as he wasn’t wearing a seat belt. This surprise’s Alex as his Uncle was always strict about wearing a seat belt and he would never go through a round about unless Alex had a seat belt on. At Ian Rider’s funeral, Alex meet’s many people he doesn’t know and he spot’s a man with a gun! Confused, Alex returns home to find a van parked outside his Uncles home and his uncles study empty. He finds the address written on the side of the van and goes to explore. There, he finds a junk yard and his Uncles BMW. Nearly crushed to death, Alex manages to escape the place and when he returns home, he get’s a call from the Royal & General Bank, where his Uncle previously worked, and is told something that will change his life forever.

Herod Sayle is a Billionaire who invented a computer called the Stormbreaker. M16 are positive that he is up to no good. Herod Sayle is planning to give every school in England a Stormbreaker as a gift and the government are over the moon. As the government do nothing, M16 take action sending Alex to explore under the disguise of a competition winner, Felix Lester. Armed with a couple of gadgets, Alex must find a way to discover the billionaire’s evil plot and save England from a terrible fate.

I really enjoyed this book and I recommend it to anyone who wants a book that makes them grip their seat tightly, and get transported to a completely different world. That’s how I felt when I read this book. When you look up from the pages you think ‘ Oh right, school. Shucks I wish I was true though I wouldn’t want to be Alex Rider right now!’ I love the way Anthony Horowitz adds humour with adventure; to me, that’s a great recipe for the perfect story.
I hope you decide to read this and if you do, well, GET READING!!!!!!!

~ by Raphy T. on June 17, 2009.