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Overview

Alex Rider has been through a lot for his fourteen years. He's been shot at by international terrorists, chased down a mountainside, and stood face-to-face with evil.  Twice, young Alex has saved the world. And twice, he has almost been killed doing it. But now Alex faces something even more dangerous. The desperation of a man who has lost everything he cared for: his country and his only son. A man who just happens to have a nuclear weapon and a serious grudge against the free world. To see his beloved Russia once again be a dominant power, he will stop at nothing. Unless Alex can stop him first.

The phenomenon that is the Alex Rider series returns with pulse-quickening action as, for the first time, Britain's MI6 and America's CIA unite forces. Be glad Alex is on our side.

 

Fourteen-year-old Alex Rider faces a desperate man who has lost his country and his son--and has a nuclear weapon and a serious grudge against the free world. To see his beloved Russia once again be a dominant power, he will stop at nothing. Unless Alex can stop him first.

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Publishers Weekly
Alex Rider, "the world's only teenaged secret agent," embarks on a third adventure in Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz. This time out, the British teen goes undercover as a ball boy at Wimbledon in the first stage of an assignment that leads to a showdown with a dastardly villain armed with nuclear weapons. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
Children's Literature
Third in the "Alex Rider" adventures, this offering—for those who don't know—is Horowitz and Britain's extension of Ian Fleming's James Bond, but for kids. Yes, fourteen-year-old Alex is a member (unwilling and unpaid) of MI6. Hauled from school at the whim of his masters, Alex begins this adventure by saving Wimbledon from a Chinese betting conspiracy. When the irate tong puts out a contract on our young hero, he is wafted to an island off Cuba to help the CIA track down a missing nuclear bomb. Things go from bad to worse, naturally, and when Alex's CIA "parents" are murdered, he finds himself in the clutches of an evil ex-Soviet general bound to destroy the world for revenge. Can Alex handle it? Silly question. For this black-belt, scuba-diving, horse-riding, crane-driving super teen nothing is impossible. All of the Fleming touches are borrowed, including MI6's tiny lethal toys, the characterizations of his intelligence "keepers"—and of course, the love interest. In this case she is tellingly named Sabina Pleasure. Overkill? Not in the context of the rest of the plot. Ian Fleming may be turning in his grave, but it's Tom Clancy who needs to keep an eye on young Alex. 2003, Philomel, Ages 10 to 14.
— Kathleen Karr
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Third in the Alex Rider series, this suspenseful adventure follows Stormbreaker and Point Blank, but it isn't necessary to have read the other titles to enjoy this one. Alex's uncle and guardian was a spy for Britain's MI6; now that he's dead, 14-year-old Alex has been reluctantly pressed into continuing his work. Like a teenaged James Bond, Alex dispatches bad guys with his quick wits, special skills (such as karate and expert skateboarding), and helpful gadgets from MI6, like a disguised grenade and bubblegum that can expand to crack any lock. Here Alex sniffs out a plot by a Chinese triad and saves the Wimbledon tennis tournament, surfs a monstrous wave and survives a deadly attack by a Jet Ski—and that's just in the first few chapters, before the main plotline kicks in, concerning a Russian general who is in possession of a nuclear bomb. The general resides on Skeleton Key, a Cuban island, and the CIA borrows Alex to help find out what this madman is up to. Naturally, nothing less than the future of the world hangs in the balance, and it's up to Alex to defeat the general, as well as to survive a exploding ship, a shark attack, and various attempts on his life. There's action every step of the way, and the book barrels right along. Alex even acquires an admiring girlfriend in between escapades, to make his character even more Bond-like; but this is a pretty chaste relationship, and the gore is relatively minimal, too. There is some xenophobia here, however: the Brits are the good guys, the American incompetent, the Chinese and Russians evil. This adventure series is highly popular, though, and this new outing will please Alex's many fans. (An Alex Rider Adventure). KLIATTCodes: J—Recommended for junior high school students. 2003, Penguin Putnam, Philomel, 208p.,
— Paula Rohrlick
VOYA
This book delivers another nonstop action adventure starring Alex Rider. It is a fast-paced read that certainly will make readers hold their breath until the very last page. The book reads like a movie with its attention to imagery and detail. Nevertheless, readers of the first two Alex Rider novels might feel disappointed by the lack of attention to the cliffhanger from the second novel. VOYA Codes: 3Q 4P M (Readable without serious defects; Broad general YA appeal; Middle School, defined as grades 6 to 8). 2003, Philomel, 272p, Anna Banana), Teen Reviewer
School Library Journal
Gr 5-10-Fans of Horowitz's Stormbreaker (2001) and Point Blank (2002, both Philomel), and newcomers to the series alike, will not be disappointed with this rip-roaring escapade featuring the 14-year-old spy. Trying to return to a "normal" life as a schoolboy after a mere four weeks since his last MI6 adventure, Alex Rider is recruited right off the soccer field to check out some suspicious goings-on at Wimbledon. This assignment catapults him into a series of life-threatening episodes, such as coming face to face with a great white shark, dodging bullets as he dives off a burning boat, and being tied to a conveyor belt that is moving toward the jaws of a gigantic grindstone in an abandoned sugar factory. Soon the teen is single-handedly taking on his most dangerous enterprise yet. His mission is nothing short of saving the world from a nuclear attack, engineered by the psychopathic and egomaniacal former commander of the Russian army. Alex is armed only with a few specially designed gadgets, which are disarmingly age-appropriate: a Gameboy that doubles as a Geiger counter, a cell phone whose aerial shoots out a drugged needle that is activated by pressing 999, a Tiger Woods figurine that doubles as a small grenade when its head is twisted just so. This page-turning thriller leaves readers breathless with anticipation. When at last Alex returns home, his love interest, Sabina Pleasure, asks where he has been. "Well, I was, sort of- busy," he replies in a classic, understated, James Bond kind of way.-Elizabeth Fernandez, Brunswick Middle School, Greenwich, CT Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780142406144
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
  • Publication date: 2/16/2006
  • Pages: 352
  • Sales rank: 31,590
  • Age range: 12 - 15 Years
  • Lexile: 0630L (what's this?)
  • Series: Alex Rider Series , #3
  • Product dimensions: 5.00 (w) x 7.70 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Meet the Author

Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz has been called “the busiest writer in Britain” by a major British newspaper—and with good reason. He is passionate about his work, often writing ten hours a day as he tries to balance multiple careers as a popular novelist, playwright and screenwriter for television and movies. He is also the author of The Devil and His Boy and the Diamond Brothers mysteries.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 1, 2012

    great book

    It was verygood

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 25, 2011

    AWESOME

    I love it

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 4, 2012

    One of the best

    I realy loved the bad guys plan

    2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 22, 2011

    THIS IS GOOD

    Love it

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 20, 2011

    Lol eregin sucks

    Lol it does

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 31, 2011

    AMZING!!!!!!!!!!!

    Best one so far

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  • Posted August 19, 2009

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    AWESOME

    The alex rider series is great!! Anthony Horowitz is a great novelist. This is actually the first of the series I read even though it's the third book in the series. It starts off with Alex Rider an average 14 year old boy except he's saved the world 2 times before the age of 16, pretty amazing!!! At a school soccer game he is greeted by an old frenemy who is from M16 britains spy agency. Alex learns that he is being invited to the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament. I'll leave it at that because I can see you're already interested!!!

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 2, 2008

    awesome book

    Anthony Horowitz is by far one of my favorite authors. He writes so that you visualize every aspect of his writing. The Skeleton Key is one in a series that has me hooked. I think guys would like this series better than girls just because the hero is a boy and there is a lot of fighting and shooting. I know a couple of my friends at school who are reading this series right now and they like it too. This book is possessed and won't let you put it down until you have finished the last word. The humor is great in these books and the endings are too. The middle of the book is the best. Anthony has a talent. Read the books.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 7, 2012

    Horowitz again traps readers into his writing of the amazing and world saving Alex Rider, part of M16, the most secretive team in Russia.

    It was amazing. Alex had to fight a Chinese guard, and faced a Russian man that wanted to bomb the world and take over Russia. What happens next is for YOU to find out.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 9, 2012

    Good book

    It is a GREAT book it has so many plot twists I THINK It's the third best book series ever

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 28, 2012

    Alex should have killed srov

    Hi

    1 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 7, 2012

    Well....

    This book is just boring than all the others! I personally did not like it and i think out of the books in the series, eagle strike is the best. When i was reading this book, i didnt feel all the action and suspense like the others!

    1 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 17, 2012

    I love soap

    Seatch i droppes tge soap in the shower on google images. OHH THIS IS AVGREAT BOOK!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 8, 2012

    I like the book good book

    I love to read storys about spy. Intertaining for young people

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 12, 2012

    Lucian-Madrigal

    I like it but i think Eagle Strike is better

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 4, 2011

    I heart this book

    One of the best books that iv read i love this series ; )

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 26, 2011

    Suckish

    This book is so suckish, you are a moron if you like it. Oh by thevway i am kidding. It is so great i have not read iit yet

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  • Posted October 13, 2011

    Skeleton Key

    A book with cliffhangers and twists that never end.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 14, 2011

    Skelatonkey

    I love this book so much that if you are reading this review you have to get the book.

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  • Posted September 12, 2011

    Thrilling

    Awesome book i really in joyed it

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