Scorpia / Anthony Horowitz.
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- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780142405789
- 0142405787
- 9781417729265
- 1417729260
- 9780756968809
- 0756968801
- Spies -- Fiction
- Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction
- Rider, Alex (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
- Great Britain. MI6 -- Officials and employees -- Juvenile fiction
- Intelligence officers -- Great Britain -- Juvenile fiction
- Terrorism -- Prevention -- Juvenile fiction
- Orphans -- Great Britain -- Juvenile fiction
- Italy -- Juvenile fiction
- London (England) -- Juvenile fiction
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | HOROWITZ ANTHONY | 5 | Available | 33111011225154 |
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Alex Rider is an orphan turned teen superspy who's saving the world one mission at a time--from #1 New York Times bestselling author!
Alex Rider, teen spy, has always been told he is the spitting image of the father he never knew. But when Alex learns that his father may have been an assassin for the most lethal and powerful terrorist organization in the world, Scorpia, his world shatters. Now Scorpia wants Alex on their side, and Alex no longer has the strength to fight them. That is, until he learns of Scorpia's latest plot: an operation known only as "Invisible Sword" that will result in the death of thousands of people. Can Alex prevent the slaughter, or will Scorpia prove once and for all that the terror will not be stopped?
From the author of Magpie Murders and Moriarty .
Originally published: London : Walker Books, 2004.
First American edition: Philomel Books, 2005.
Invisible sword -- Scippatori -- Widow's palace -- By invitation only -- Flood tide -- Thoughts on a train -- Consanto -- Designer labels -- Albert Bridge -- How to kill -- Bell tower -- "Dear Prime Minister ..." -- Pizza delivery -- Cobra -- Remote control -- Deadline -- Church of forgotten saints -- High resolution -- Deep cover -- Mother's touch.
After being told that his father was an assassin for a criminal organization, fourteen-year-old Alex goes to Italy to find out more and becomes involved in a plan to kill thousands of English schoolchildren.
"Alex Rider, teen spy, has always been told he is the spitting image of the father he never knew. But when Alex learns that his father may have been an assassin for the most lethal and powerful terrorist organization in the world, Scorpia, his world shatters. Now Scorpia wants Alex on their side, and Alex no longer has the strength to fight them. That is, until he learns of Scorpia's latest plot: an operation known only as "Invisible Sword" that will result in the death of thousands of people. Can Alex prevent the slaughter, or will Scorpia prove once and for all that the terror will not be stopped?"--Publisher description.
Ages 10 up.
Accelerated Reader MG+ 5.0 12.0 86813.