Scorpia

By Anthony Horowitz

Review by Logan

The opening paragraph grabs the reader’s attention.

·Put reader right into the action

·Make reader imagine the unimaginable (ie. It’s not everyday that a 13 year old girl is accused of murder…)

·Don’t start with “the book I read was…” That’s way too BORING! Hook us into the plot!

Nobody ever thought a 14 year old boy would be a spy. Alex Rider, a member of the intelligence agency called MI6, gets involved with a Major crime industry called Scorpia.The title and author are worked in naturallyDon’t say, “My book was The Giver” when you can say, “Jonas, a twelve year old boy and the main character of Lois Lowry’s Newbery Award winning novel The Giver, must make decisions that impact his entire society.”

Alex risks his life in Anthony Horowitz’s book Scorpia, to save him and others. As he doges obstacles in Venice he finds the horrifying truth about his father. Alex knows what he is doing, for this is his 5^th mission. He holds back tigers and agents with nonstop action, BASE jumping to deadly viruses, traitors and truths revealed all packed into this great book. After Alex is caught in Venice he is locked in a room being filled with water!

Describe one exciting incident in detail

In an amazing feat Alex manages to swim down a hole in the ground into a pipe and out into the Grand Canal.

End the review with your opinion and recommendation

·Who might like this type of book? (Sports fans? People that love to laugh? History buffs? Late night readers that like to be freaked out?

·What did you think? Is it worth reading? If it won an award, is it worth the hype?

Any one who likes Action books this is the book for you it has non stop suspense and spy action through out the whole book

This book is defiantly worth reading, it doesn’t have an award but I think it should it is great.

·Again, don’t give away the ending

·Be clear enough so that someone who HAS NOT read the book can follow

The overall idea and plot are discussed, without giving away

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·Keep it short and sweet, even if it’s a long book

·Just give the reader the gist of the book. Be clear, make sense, don’t give away the ending