Alex Rider: Crocodile Tears, by Anthony HorowitzJuvenile/Young Adult
Book 8 in the series, summary from fantasticfiction.co.uk: 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.
Trackgeek: Amazing to realize that the entire series of Alex Rider books has now only taken a year of Alex's life. I think that this fits right in with the other books in the series. All of them are well written, while at times it is a little hard to imagine a 14 year old pulling off all of the James Bond stunts that we are used to from Ian Fleming's famous series, it is still grippingly told.
Graded a B+.
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I have a lot of students who are very excited for this one!
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