num_pages: 256
description: They told him his uncle died in an accident. He wasn't wearing his seatbelt, they said. But when fourteen-year-old Alex finds his uncle's windshield riddled with bullet holes, he knows it was no accident. What he doesn't know yet is that his uncle was killed while on a top-secret mission. But he is about to, and once he does, there is no turning back. Finding himself in the middle of terrorists, Alex must outsmart the people who want him dead. The government has given him the technology, but only he can provide the courage. Should he fail, every child in England will be murdered in cold blood.
language: English
title: Stormbreaker
titlecomplete: Stormbreaker (Alex Rider, #1)
characters: Smithers, Herod Sayle, Alan Blunt, Mrs Jones, Alex Rider, Jack Starbright, Ian Rider
genres: Adventure, Mystery, Childrens, Teen, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Thriller, Action, Espionage, Fiction
ratings_count: 99737
places: London, England
series: Alex Rider
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: South Carolina Book Award
category: Junior Book Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Iowa Teen Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Young Adult, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Penguin