Alex Rider: Alex Rider is a 14 year old school boy in London living without both his parents, who were killed in a plane crash. His uncle, who is his legal guardian, is also killed in a mysterious car crash, so he is living with his caretaker the lovely American Jack Starbright.

Alex Rider is quite tall, has blue eyes, short blond hair and looks like your average teenager. He is smart, cautious, hates being used, fast, knows every single material art, can ride practically anything and knows how to dive.

Favourite Chapter Summary: My favourite chapter is when he gets tricked into going down a chute and lands in a tank with a humongous Portuguese man’o’war jellyfish. He has to fight for his life, but he gets out and ends up killing someone by accident.

Overall Book Summary: When 14 year old Alex Rider hears of his uncle’s tragic death in a car accident, he becomes immediately suspicious. As far as Alex knew, Ian Rider had been a banker, a very careful man. He was also Alex’s only living relative.

Following up on his uncle’s fate, Alex discovers that the car is at a junkyard and is sporting dozens of bullet holes and blood on the seats that proves his uncle was murdered. So who killed Ian Rider and covered the act up? And why?

Alex’s quest for the truth introduces him to Alan Blunt, a spymaster for Britain’s MI6 espionage agency. Caught while seeking further information, Alex is blackmailed by Blunt into becoming the youngest spy to ever work for MI6.

Herod Sayles, a multi-millionaire, is giving away thousands of his newest computers, Stormbreaker, to the children of London’s schools. Ian Rider was investigating the man and those machines when he was killed. If Alex doesn’t agree to undertake the mission, Blunt promises that he will be sent off to an orphan’s home, and that his housekeeper, Jack Starbright, will be deported back to America.

Before he can adjust to getting blackmailed, Alex is sent on a three week course training with SAS commandos. Yanked out of training, Alex is thrown headfirst into the jaws of death. Here he will meet villains such as Mr. Grin, (who has had his face disfigured during a knife throwing accident, when his mum waved at him in a circus act,)     a huge jellyfish and Herod Sayle.

Rating: I rate this book 4 out of 5 it is a really good read.