snakehead

Snakehead by Anthony Horowitz ISBN: 978-0-399-24161-1 ©2007 385 pages R.L.- Points -

Summary: Alex Rider is 14 years old and has been used as a spy for the government (MI6) in the past. He enters this book by “splashing down” from space in a capsule of sorts - alive! Once he comes to, he realizes he is in Australia. When his rescuers figure out who he is, they ask him for his help. They want to use him as a spy for their service (ASIS) and disguise him as an Afghan refugee. Alex only says yes because it means that he will be meeting and working with his godfather, Ash, and he hopes that he will finally be able to get some information about his late parents. As usual, things don’t go so great for Alex (and Ash). They are immediately put in danger, and like some of the other books, this danger doesn’t go away in a short amount of time.

YA fiction-- survival/adventure; spies; orphans; death; Secret Service

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