Got it for my teenage kid, ended up reading it myself. Great book and great series! Read the following 3 or 4 books as well, and the new tv series were fantastic!

The book Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz tells the tale of fourteen-year-old Alex Rider through his adventures. Up until the death of his uncle, who was also his guardian, Alex Rider was just like any other normal boy. However, he later found that wasn't the case at all. His uncle, Ian, was a spy for MI6, the intelligence agency for Britain, and had been training Alex to continue his work as a spy. Although Alex has some doubts, he is eventually coerced to continue his uncle's work for MI6. Alex faces his first test in trying to find the one responsible for his uncle's death, and he may unearth a bigger scheme in the process. Stormbreaker is an incredible novel by Anthony Horwitz and will keep you hooked until the end. The book is full of action, adventure, and humor that keeps you laughing. I would recommend this to anyone who is a lover of action and adventure.

Bru, go read cherub instead. Actual oringinal content.

This book is a one-of-a-kind adventure and the first in the Alex Rider series. Alex is a typical British fourteen-year-old boy who lives with his uncle Ian, a mysterious man who is often not around. When Ian dies, Alex discovers his uncle was actually a spy for MI6, the British intelligence agency, and that he was secretly training Alex his whole life to continue his work. Alex must put his skills to the test while searching for the person responsible for his uncle’s death and desperately trying to stop an even bigger scheme.

Stormbreaker is an incredibly intricate and detailed novel by Anthony Horowitz and one that will keep you entertained until the end. Horowitz takes the classic spy’s tale and makes it even better with the highly skilled but still naive Alex. This book is an action-packed ride of espionage, danger, and humor that never ends.

Book so-so. Not up to the author's usually excellent writing.

I really love the Alex Rider and Jason Steed series, with are great teen spy books, I hope they make more movies about them as well.

This is one of the coldest books I've ever read in my life

AWESOME!!!! perfectly written. One of my all time favorites. This is the story of a thirteen year old kid. He learns that his uncle got killed instead of dying in a car accident. He then goes on to start working for mi6 and he meets Damian Cray. Who seems nice but Alex knows something fishy! A must read!!!!!!

This book has a pretty compelling main character whose thoughts brighten up the story and make it the book what it is. It has a pretty cliched set up but after that the story really seems to come alive and suck you into the alex rider universe. The antagonist was interesting and had quite a few dimensions to him but had a childish motive which you could say fits his personality, but thats stretching it. The supporting antagonists and protagonists were extremely one dimensional, but you don't notice this much because of the focus placed on the main characters. This book has phenomenal pacing and revealed things just the right time to make the story interesting. This book could improve on character development, since there is little to no character development in this book they are shorter when they could also use a bit more length to them. All considered this was a good book and a very fun read, I would give it a rating of 4/5. This a book for people 8 to teen as there really isn't much brutal violence and when there is it is handed well. @HagridsBucket of the Teen Review Board of the Hamilton Public Library

I was really happy reading this first book! Alex Rider gives "Agent Cody Banks" a run for the money! It's such a wonderful, realistic idea of what it would be like to be a kid spy. And a very good one, at that.