Stormbreaker

While on vacation I happened to pick up the young adult page turner, Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz. I'd already polished off all the grown up books in my suitcase, and found this at the corner bookstore.  I picked it up because so many of our local boy readers gobble up the Alex Rider series that my interest was piqued.  I was not disappointed.  Anthony Horowitz moves the plot steadily along. His hero, Alex Rider, is a wonderful kid, and the world he gets thrust into by the death of his Uncle - full of spies, good and bad guys, and mechanical gadgets that would make James Bond proud - is vastly entertaining.  If you want to start a young boy on a great reading adventure, pick up Stormbreaker.  (And don't be embarrassed to read it yourself!)