The Levi’s 501 of spydom. Imitators? Fail. Teen spy Alex Rider is the original and best of his kind. Now Alex is in Venice, looking for secrets buried in the past. Was his father really an assassin? If so, what does that make Alex? The trail leads Alex to a secret criminal agency, Scorpia – and the Italian home of Claudia Rothman, glamorous society hostess and criminal mastermind. Then Claudia drops a bomb on Alex: his father was murdered by MI6. What should he do now? Carry on working for MI6 – or join Scorpia and seek revenge?

Product Details

Catalogue number

8057 in EU Secondary Rewards Catalogue 2018/19

Series

Alex Rider (book 5)

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781406360233

Publisher

Walker Books Ltd

Date published

April 2nd, 2015

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 5.0; Middle years plus; 12.0 points

Condition

New

UK edition

Available in these packs

Alex Rider Pack x 11

eur prices

Price: €53.20

gbp prices

Price: £40.00
Top 100 Books for Teens Complete Pack x 100

eur prices

Price: €1016.12

gbp prices

Price: £764.00
Top 100 Books for Teens Pack C x 17

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Price: €172.67

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Price: £129.83

Series

Alex Rider

Author/Illustrator

Anthony Horowitz

Anthony Horowitz started writing because he wanted to be like Tintin. He has now travelled to all the places that Tintin has been – apart from the moon!

His Alex Rider series is one of the most popular children’s book series ever, and the first Alex Rider book, Stormbreaker, became a major Hollywood film. In 2003, Anthony won the Red House Children’s Book Award (voted for by children) for Skeleton Key.

He is also the author of the highly acclaimed Diamond Brothers detective stories, as well as the bestselling The Power of Five books, which were inspired by a simple thought. “Isn’t it more exciting to imagine these great battles with all their magic and mystery happening in the very high street where you live, just out of the corner of your eye?”

Anthony lives in central London with his wife Jill Green, a TV producer, and their sons Nicholas and Cassian. His whole family gets involved in his writing. Jill has produced several of Anthony’s scripts, including the drama serial Foyle’s War, which won the Lew Grade Audience Award in 2003. His son Cassian is already a seasoned actor, having appeared in three of his shows, and Nicholas, his oldest son, has helped Anthony to research the Alex Rider books by trying his hand at everything from scuba-diving to snowboarding and surfing!

In 2013, Anthony was awarded an OBE for services to literature..