Stormbreaker - Harrison Hanssen

Hanssen, Harrison

Period Six English

November 17^th, 2008

The book I read Stormbreaker by Anthony Horwitz. I chose this book, because I heard Alex Rider was a good series and I sort of liked the theme. It was also made into a movie . So I went to Borders and purchased it. I was already reading this before the report was assigned, so it was an easy choice to use it.

The book is fundamentally about a boy named Alex who suddenly loses his uncle, who he has lived with basically all his life, to a mystifying car crash. Alex later finds out his uncle was spy, and also that he didn't die in a mere accident he was murdered. He must have found out too much about something and was shot. Alex then met his uncle's boss and is set off to the same mission that cost his uncle his life. He had to investigate why a man named Mr. Herod Sayle is going to manufacture and donate computers to all the schools in England. It sounded all too suspicious, but in time, Alex found out about Sayle's malevolent plan…

One excellent quote from Stormbreaker is:

"No matter how successful I've become, how much money I made, how many people I've employed. I'm still a joke. I'm still Herod Smell, the goat-boy, the Cairo tramp. Well, for forty years I've been planning my revenge. And now, at last, my time has come…"

-Herod Sayle-

I think it is relevant for two simple reasons. For one, it is mainly the whole reason Mr. Sayle has gone mad. He was a poor boy from Egypt that mostly out of luck, got to move to England, where he was always teased in school. My second, and final reason is that maybe we all could learn from what this man said. Maybe he is right.

I would rate this book five out of five lightning bolts, because it was a good book. I used lightning, because that's what is on the side of Stormbreaker. It is the reason Alex's uncle died, the reason Alex became a spy, the reason why England was in danger.

I must warn you that there is mild violence and occasional language. I think overall this is a very good book. Anyone who likes suspense, action, or just likes a good book this is for you. I think the way Anthony Horwitz writes it makes you just want to keep reading.