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Horowitz, Anthony. Snakehead [Alex Rider #7],Philomel, 2007
[978-0-399-24161-1]
Once again we return to Alex Rider... falling out of the sky from his last
adventure (in space) and the Australians pick him up and convince him to go
on a mission for them.  The bargaining chip that convinces Alex is that he
will be working with a friend of his parents and the last person to see them
alive.  This adventure has them posing as a Pakistani man trying to sell his
son into the underground.  As you may imagine Alex runs in the British M6
and some old acquaintances.  At this point Alex also gets involved is trying
to stop a madman who wants to explode a mega bomb in a fault of the Pacific
to create a major tsunami, thus killing 10s of thousands of people.  The
first part of the book is the usual Alex Rider stuff.. him running around..
in danger, blowing up things.. getting away, etc.  In fact I was starting to
get tired of it all... too much like the others.. but the second half of
this 385 page book gets more exciting and very different, so as a whole I
enjoyed the book.  Horowitz is doing a good job of keeping these stories
fresh.

-- 
Frederick Muller, Librarian
Halsted Middle School Library
Newton, NJ
mullinator52@gmail.com
My book reviews are compiled at http://www.mullersreviews.com
My book review blog is at http://MullerInTheMiddle.blogspot.com

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