ALEX RIDER

Snakehead sends the teenage spy Alex Rider to Southeast Asia, on loan to Australian intelligence and deeper into organised crime than any earlier assignment took him. Anthony Horowitz keeps the seventh Alex Rider novel moving through set pieces while giving the boy behind the missions more room than usual, including questions about the family he barely knew. The writing is direct, chapters end on pressure points, and no earlier book is required to follow this one. Key features: • The seventh title in the Alex Rider series, readable as a standalone adventure • A mission across Southeast Asia involving people smuggling and organised crime • Action sequences balanced against the personal cost of the work Alex is given • Pacing and vocabulary pitched at readers from around eleven or twelve upwards A good fit for teenage readers, reluctant readers and adults who enjoy spy fiction, available in English at Boipoka.