Scorpia by Anthony Horowitz
Alex Rider Adventure: Book 5
Audience: 9 and up
Rating: A
Synopsis:
Alex is determined to find out the truth about his father, but does he really want to know the truth? Alex is in Venice, following up on the cryptic message that Yassen uttered with his dying breath. He finds himself involved in the dangerous terrorist group SCORPIA. Will Alex follow in his father’s footsteps? And where exactly will his father’s footsteps lead?
Chatter:
(Spoiler Alerts! ) Noooooo! MI6 is finally treating Alex with some respect and now he’s dead! Or is he? There are more books left in the series, so is he truly dead? I’m not sure how Horowitz will revive Alex, but I feel like he must do so if the series continues.
This is my new favorite Alex Rider book. It was full of plot twists and double / triple agents. Alex has spent the first four books being manipulated by MI6, but now SCORPIA is directing him too. I can’t imagine how Alex would be felling trying to digest all of that information about his parents… but at least he didn’t have long to think about it.
I was glad to see that Mrs. Jones and Mr. Blunt are starting to be developed in fuller characters. I’m also glad that they’re starting to treat Alex better. They appeared to offer him the choice of whether or not he’d like to continue working with them. We’ll just have to keep reading to see if that holds true.
Questions:
Do you think Alex’s parents are really dead?
Is Alex really dead?
What did Julia Rothman plan on telling Alex before the SAS attack?
If Alex lives, do you think he will choose to return to MI6?
Which Alex Rider book is your favorite?
What happened to Mrs. Jones’s sons?
Keep reading!
-Paige
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G' Money Says:
I love all of the Alex Rider books. It has the most action of any book I’ve read, and everyone loves action. My favorite book is Stormbreaker because I think it has the most action. I also like how he is so inexperienced with missions like this, yet it seems as if he is a professional. I also loved meeting Smithers for the first time because he always has the best gadgets. Alex is the smartest and most athletic kid I know and I am praying that Anthony Horowitz comes out with an eighth book. If he doesn’t I will be disappointed, but I enjoyed every minute that I read of the Alex Rider Series.
Jolly Lepercohn Says:
My favorite Alex Rider book would definitely have to be Scorpia. Scorpia has tons of action and adventure. It was so cool when Alex when about to be drowned in the building. Alex always finds a way out of everything. What kind of boy would find a pipe that led all the way out into the canal? Well of course Alex Rider, the James Bond boy. The awesome action of when Alex was fighting Nile on the top of the hot air balloon. What I also loved about Scorpia was their great plan, Invisible Sword. Who would ever think that the thing that is killing so many people is the liquid that is suppose to be making people better. I am near the end of Snakehead and can’t wait to see how Alex will get past Major Yu and Scorpia again. How would you have finished off Alex’s life, with or without MI6?
Ryan Says:
I think that Mrs. Jones’s sons where with MI6 but Scorpia killed them because Mrs. Jones acts like she cares for Alex so maybe Alex reminds Mrs. Jones of her sons. I also think that M16 will somehow revive Alex, but they will put him in hiding so that Scorpia will think he is dead. Alex will be forced to help MI6 because they will need his help. And Scorpia will try to stop him because they don’t like him and in the end of the book they said Scorpia never forgot Scorpia never forgave.