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Summary: Cayo Esqueleto-Skeleton Key
Review: Anthony Horowitz has done another fantastic job with the third novel to the alex rider series. Skeleton Key (the sequel to stormbreaker and Point Blanc) is filled with action and suspence. "Puzzled, he looked up. And froze. He actually felt the air stop somwhere at the back of his throat... He wanted to scream. But underwater, it isn't possible to scream. He was looking at a great white shark."(pg 154) Along with meeting a great white alex is is nearly shot sevrel times, almost run through a grinder on a convayor belt, and diving of a burning ship. Alex saves the world again, this time from a russian, General Sarrov.I would recomend this book to anyone, because it was awesome! Some people said that it was not as good as the first two and I disagree. I thought it was better!
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Summary: Crozet
Review: Anthony Horowitz wrote Skeleton Key, a book in which MI6 asks Alex Rider to find out who is trying to destroy the Wimbledon tennis championships. The Triad gang, a group of Chinese men tries to kill Alex. He is forced to hide on an island called Skeleton Key in the Bay of Pig's. General Sarov lives on this island. He is a crazy Russian General who plans to take over Eastern Europe with a nuclear bomb. Alex stops him using gadgets that MI6 operative Smithers gives him. Sarov's helper, Conrad, hates Alex and tries to kill him several times. The fourteen year old kills a great white shark, fights a triad gang member on a PWC, blows up a yacht, and escapes from a Russian General.
This book's genre is an action/adventure. This is the fourth book in the series. To really understand it you would have to read the other three. People that have already read some of the Alex Rider series would enjoy it and people that like this sort of genre would also like it. I finished this book the day I got it. It was really easy to read and fun.
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Summary: The best book in the Alex Rider series
Review: If you've read any of the Alex Rider books by Anthony Horowitz, you'd probably say they were good right? Well this third installment of the teenage spies' adventures is, I think the best. It all begins after Alex's encounter with Dr. Grief of Point Blanc. He is suddenly sucked into what might just be his final adventure while he is on vacation. Having to flee England after inadvertently dissing a Chinese gang called the Triads, thus having him go to the USA in Miami. This is where he meets the CIA, who want to know what a russian general is up to. So they send Alex along with 2 other agents to Cayo Esqueleto, or Skeleton Key. But when things go bad, Alex must rescue his CIA fellows. Then a dangerous plot begins to open up. Alex must choose a decision that could mean either life or death. So hurry and pick this up before the world comes to an end!!! <-(hint hint hint)
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Summary: Fabulous Spy
Review: ISBN: 0142401021
Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz may be the third book in the series but is not number three. This one would win the gold out of the Alex Rider books. You're probably thinking that Alex Rider goes on another mission for MI6 like the other two. Well, that's only partially correct. Because he teams up with two CIA agents from the U.S.A. to stop some crazy guy, Sarov, with a nuclear weapon.
I really liked this book because there was a lot of action and I also like James Bond movies. If you have read any of the Alex Rider books or Spy High you will defiantly love this book.
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Summary: skeleton keys
Review: Skeleton key is full of gut busting action like when alex rider a young secret agent blows up a boat of a arms dealer. It is full ofdeath and suspens like when alexes cia partners het killed by giant freak stalagtites that are rigged to kill any one who comes in to a cave. Between the awsome cadgets and awsome excitement. It was a very good book.
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Summary: The best book in a brilliant series...
Review: Skeleton Key, the sequel to Stormbreaker and Point Blanc, is surely the best book in this gripping teen spy series. Before you read it, however, make sure you read the others first so as to understand the story.Just a month after his previous adventure at an exclusive school in the French Alps, sixteen-year-old Alex Rider is attempting to return to a normal life in London. But this is a wish quickly forgotten as an M16 agent recruits him for a mission during a school soccer game.
He is soon over in the USA, and taking on the role of the son of two up-tight and by-the-book CIA officers. Together, they must infiltrate the home of an ex-Russian army commander. Trouble is, his house is an island in Cuba and Americans aren't exactly welcome in that part of the world. Armed with some outrageous and extremely useful gadgets disguised as toys, Rider must soon try to win the trust of the Russian on his own, but finds himself in a seemingly losing battle against the rich and powerful man. Alex discovers the Russian's deadly plot to take over the world, but will a young boy be able to stop him? A terrific book that will having you struggle to put it down as you dive into the world of international spies, crazy military men and truly gripping suspense. I gave this book 5 stars, and it deserves 6, so read it now and find out why!
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Summary: Horowitz' classic
Review: This is by far the best of the terrific Alex Rider series. It has everything a James Bond film has: original action sequences, humorous (but ingenious) gadgets, several exotic locations, and, most important, a great villain. This shines above the previous book, the disappointing Point Blank, as well as the even worse Eagle Strike and the above-average series starter Stormbreaker. It is one of the best books I have ever read.
For those unfamiliar to the series, Alex Rider is a 14-year-old London schoolboy who's been recruited twice by MI6 to save the world. After a brilliant opening chapter, Alex is once again snagged again by MI6 to check out Wimbledon, the All-England Tennis Club. His spy instincts get him into trouble, however, and he is sent off onto his true mission into the island of Skeleton Key, where a former general of the Soviet Union is staying.
The one thing that makes this book stands out above the other three currently out is the villain, one General Alexei Sarov. He is one of the most profound villains I've ever read about. His plot is ingenious, but the important thing is, he is not motivated by greed or fear, but by love. Love for his country, and love for his son.
But purely action fans won't be disappointed either. While the energy in this book is more potential than kinetic, it nonetheless is suspenseful and engaging. Horowitz even has several winks to the James Bond films, including the demise of Sarov's right-hand man.
Skeleton Key is what all the other Alex Rider books should be. Gerat action, great characters, and an emotionally satisfying ending to all of the above.
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