LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
May 2025 Book of the Month
Alex Rider is fourteen years old and he’s just experienced a life-changing moment: his uncle has died and he knows the official story on how he perished is a lie. What he discovers is that his uncle was a secret agent and that he is now in danger.
Alex must now outsmart an elite band of terrorists if he’s going to save the country. Stormbreaker is a high-octane thriller that will play like a Bond film in your mind as you read it.
Provided with high-tech gadgets, Alex embarks on a mission that will push him to the limits both mentally and physically. I honestly feel that Alex has become a hero for a generation of kids across the world. In the past decade I’ve been a school librarian, I’ve had to replenish this series multiple times due to wear-and-tear. It never goes out of style, nor does it ever become unpopular.
In my opinion, this is due to a few key factors, a lot of kids want to see themselves in Alex: taking on the arrogant, evil adults, putting bullies in their place and speaking truth to power.
Another big part of Stormbreaker’s success is that it roars from one action sequence to the next, making it impossible to get tired of. It also takes on the notion that a spy’s life is a luxury experience - Alex endures the hardships full on and is often worn down by them.
Other themes that make Stormbreaker a hugely popular read are working through grief and standing up for what is right. Alex has to make tough choices throughout Stormbreaker and the series in general and in my opinion sends the right message each time. I’d recommend Stormbreaker for ages 10 and up!
Lucas Maxwell
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Alex Rider: Stormbreaker Synopsis
A special 25th anniversary edition of the first action-packed Alex Rider adventure, featuring a brand new short story.
The iconic first book in the number one bestselling Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz. Fourteen-year-old Alex is forcibly recruited into MI6. Armed with secret gadgets, he is sent to investigate Herod Sayle, a man who is offering state-of-the-art Stormbreaker computers to every school in the country. But the teenage spy soon finds himself in mortal danger.
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9781529526660 |
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1st May 2025 |
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Anthony Horowitz |
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Walker Books Ltd an imprint of Walker Books |
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Paperback |
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288 pages |
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The Alex Rider Series |
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Press Reviews
Anthony Horowitz Press Reviews
"First of the action-packed adventures with 14-year-old Alex Rider." - John Walsh, author and Independent columnist
The series that has re-invented the spy genre - Independent
Anthony Horowitz is the lion of children's literature - Michael Morpurgo
Explosive, thrilling, action-packed - Meet Alex Rider Guardian
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About Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz is one of the most prolific writers working in the UK, and is unique for working in so many areas – juggling books, TV series, films, plays and journalism. Anthony has written over 50 books, including the bestselling Alex Rider teen spy series, which is estimated to have sold 21 million copies worldwide and has been filmed for TV, and the thrilling fantasy-adventure series, The Power of Five. He was made a CBE for services to Literature.
He was invited by the Ian Fleming estate to write the James Bond novel, Trigger Mortis and his most recent novel, Magpie Murders was a Sunday Times bestseller. Anthony also wrote the highly acclaimed Sherlock Holmes novels, The House of Silk and Moriarty. He has won numerous awards, including the Bookseller Association/Nielsen Author of the Year Award, the Children's Book of the Year Award at the British Book Awards, and the Red House Children's Book Award. Click here to read more information about the author.
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