Horowitz, Anthony. Skeleton Key. NY: Philomel Books, 2003. 264 pages. (Action / Adventure Series)This book, Skeleton Key, is about a fourteen year old boy, Alex Rider, who’s on vacation when he gets a call from the MI6. They want him to go to Wimbledon and make sure everything is okay and stays under control. When Alex is in Wimbledon, he finds out a plan by a Chinese gang to win millions on unfair bets. Now the Chinese gang is after him, so he tries to get help from MI6 who tells him that the only way of getting away from the gang is to go on another mission to the Island of Skeleton Key. When Alex is on the other mission, they will work things out with the gang.
Alex had no choice but to go on the mission to the island and join with two agents from the CIA to find out what happened to uranium bought by a crazy Russian who wants to make Russia a world power once again. After some people died, it was up to Alex to stop the crazy Russian from killing millions of innocent people and save the world again. I think that Skeleton Key was an awesome book because it was full of action, and it was very detailed. When I was reading this book, I never wanted to stop reading because it was so detailed and action packed. Out of a rating of one to five, I would give this book a five because mystery books are my favorite to read, and it was very detailed, and it kept you on the edge of your seat the whole time.
Reviewed by: Flyracer113
