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| Original Title: | Crocodile Tears |
| ISBN: | 0399250565 (ISBN13: 9780399250569) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Alex Rider #8 |
| Characters: | Alex Rider, Alan Blunt, Jack Starbright, Smithers, Desmond McCain, Mrs Jones, Sabina Pleasure |
| Setting: | London, England(United Kingdom) Scotland Kenya |
Anthony Horowitz
Hardcover | Pages: 385 pages Rating: 4.18 | 28195 Users | 865 Reviews
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| Title | : | Crocodile Tears (Alex Rider #8) |
| Author | : | Anthony Horowitz |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 385 pages |
| Published | : | November 17th 2009 by Philomel Books (first published November 1st 2009) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Adventure. Fiction. Action |
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It's just another day in the life of an average kid. If you're Alex Rider, that is. A con artist has realized there is big money in charity: the bigger the disaster, the greater the money flow! So that is what he will produce: the biggest disaster known to man, all thanks to genetically modified corn that can release a virus so potent it can knock out an entire country in one windy day. But Alex Rider will face whatever it takes - gunfire, explosions, hand-to-hand combat with mercenaries - to bring down his most dangerous adversary yet.Often imitated, never equaled, the series that triggered a reading phenomenon is back, exhilarating and addictive as ever.
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Ratings: 4.18 From 28195 Users | 865 ReviewsEvaluation Appertaining To Books Crocodile Tears (Alex Rider #8)
Crocodile Tears (Alex Rider, #8), Anthony HorowitzCrocodile Tears is the eighth novel in the Alex Rider series by British author Anthony Horowitz. It was released in the UK on 12 November 2009, published by Walker Books, and in the U.S. on 17 November 2009. On 17 December 2008, the title was revealed (in code) to be Crocodile Tears. The book was succeeded by Scorpia Rising, released in March 2011.A nuclear technician in India planted a bomb on a dumpster in a nuclear power station in Jowada butIn his 8th outing, Alex begins the book in Scotland where he is vacationing with the Pleasures and attends a New Years Eve party where he meets his new adversary, the Reverend Desmond McCain, a rich philanthropist whom he beats in a poker game in true James Bond style and in true Alex Rider style he ends up welcoming the New Year not by enjoying the fireworks but once again working against time and the elements to save himself and Sabina and her father from an icy grave....this incident leads to
Im really enjoying these Alex Rider books. Even though they are marketed as YA (and I am a little bit older than that, perhaps even considered OA), they are a delight to read. Im plowing through them at a rate of one a month this year so, since it is August, this must be the eighth book in the series.Alex has actually had a couple of months respite since his last mission in Australia (Snakehead) and hes beginning to think he may have finally put his relationship with MI-6 in the past. But while
The wanted spy named Alex finds himself going to a party with his girlfriend in Scotland in a house of someone very rich who owned a charity called first aid. Alex wanted to enjoy this party as much as he could. He somehow got into a game of poker against the rich guy called Desmond and 5 other people. He didn't want to play, but he couldn't refuse because Desmond was inviting him. Alex made a spectacular move and won the game. After the party, Desmond sends a sniper to blow one of the wheels
Three Words: Awesome, Amazing, Fantastic. I haven't read any others (yeah I know that it is bad to start a book in the middle of a series) but I must say that I am very excited to read the others. The whole 007 agent-under-cover takes reading to a new level. What tops that, the spy is a 14 YEAR OLD! This is definitely going to be a new and unique series that I can probably relate to from when I was a kid.
James Bond...at 14.I had picked up Stormbreaker (the first book in this series. There's also a movie, but don't waste your time.) on a whim. I wanted to see how and why a 14 year old boy would be recruited to be a spy for M16. Much to my surprise it was a perfectly plausible reason. This series is a lot of fun. Lots of cool spy stuff and some over the top action. (In one of the books Alex goes into outer space. Jumping the shark? Maybe. Did I still read it. You bet.)My only complains are after a
Another awesome book in the series! However...-Sigh-Dont get me wrong, I love Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider series. I've been reading them for 2 years ever since a librarian recommended his first story in the series. But...the stories all have one thing in common thats really starting to bother me.Villians that seem more like a joke then a threat. What I mean by this is the 'Im going to tell you all my plans and let my minons kill you instead of killing you myself. No. I will not kill you at
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