Friday, August 31, 2012

Alex Rider: Skeleton Key



·         Book title: Alex Rider: Skeleton Key
·         Author’s name: Anthony Horowitz
·         Number of pages: 327
·         Genre of novel: Action-Adventure
·         Basic settings: sets place in Wimbledon so far and main character is Alex Rider which he is spy from M16 to spy on Wimbledon because his boss, Crawley noticed something odd there. And his girlfriend, Sabina Pleasure.
·         What has been great about this book so far: This book thrilled me with great mysteries and excellent settings. This book always shows me unexpected stories. This book is great so far.
·         Rate the book: I will give this book "Thumbs Up", because I personally really enjoys adventure books and this book is filled with first-class actions and author really describes the situation very well. I am planning to read the whole series.


      Quote from the book

"The teacher hesitated. It was rather strange, one of his boys talking to this man in old fashioned blazer and striped tie. But on the other hand, this was Alex Rider and the whole school knew there was something odd about him"

I chose this quote because this quotes shows that something mysterious happened and going to happen again. From this quote I can learn that Alex’s teacher was wondering that Alex is strange because he was talking to this man in old fashioned blazer and striped tie. I would have thought that kid is strange if I saw my students talking to a strange person. 

The main character of this story is normal British schoolboy named Alex Rider. Alex was a normal kid, but in the first book, the "Stormbreaker" his uncle died in car accident, but Alex thought something was wierd. Soon, he discovered that his uncle was a secret agent who was working for British secret agency, the M16. M16's chief, Crawely wanted Alex to be a agent after his uncle. Alex accepted his offer and done 2 secret missions so far. 

Back to the Skeleton Key, Alex did not want to be a secret agent risking his lives. But, Crawely has another mission for him. Crawely noticed something strange in Wimbledon. He was told that there was a intruder in the Millennium building, which is the changing room, restaurant and other stuff for the tennis player. Crawely thought someone is trying to sabotage Wimbledon. So he sends Alex as a ballboy to investigate.  

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