He's a Spy!

Don't worry that's not a spoiler.  They give you that information on the back of the book.  (Side note, if you aren't sure a book is for you or not read the back cover or dust jacket summary along with the first few pages.  That will let you know if the book is on a topic you are interested in and if the readability level is good for you.  Do NOT just grab a random book off the shelf and force yourself to read it start to finish).

Back to our spy.  Alex Rider lives with his uncle Ian and everything seems normal.  That is until Ian is Stormbraker.  This is the first book in the Alex Rider series and it is getting a lot of buzz from my group of eighth graders.

killed in a mysterious accident and Alex is recruited to continue his uncles work.   This is the story of Anthony Horowitz's

Stormbreaker was excellent!!  As I was reading I couldn't stop thinking, "man Alex is soo cool."  Now I realize that statement makes it sound incredibly lame but if you give this book a read you will see Alex really is soo cool.  Alex is the kind of teenager every other teenager dreams of being.  He has an exciting life, martial arts skills, and a ton of knowledge in a variety of subjects.

I cannot wait to see what he does next in the rest of the series.

Saving the world...that's kids stuff.  

PS This was also made into a movie in the early 2000's.  I have never seen it, but the Internet tells me it wasn't very good.  Just goes to show you don't judge a book by its movie.