Skeleton Key: The Graphic Novel

Alex Rider: The Graphic Novel Series

Author: Anthony Horowitz

Script: Antony Johnston

Illustrator: Kanako Damerum

Illustrator: Yuzuru Takasaki

Book 3 in the Alex Rider: The Graphic Novel series

Pages: 128

Published: 2009

Age: 9+

Alex Rider - manga style! For fans of the Alex Rider graphic novels 'Stormbreaker' and 'Point Blank', the wait is finally over. Alex is back! Featuring the same action packed, manga-esque style as the previous installments, 'Skeleton Key' brings all the thrills and gadgetry to life in colorful, page-turning form. For readers of this worldwide phenomenon, or for those just discovering it, 'Skeleton Key: The Graphic Novel' is sure to excite.

Alex may be facing his most dangerous mission yet. The desperation of a man who has lost everything he cared for: his country and his only son. A man who just happens to have a nuclear weapon and a serious grudge against the free world. To see his beloved Russia once again be a dominant power, he will stop at nothing. Unless Alex can stop him first...Uniting forces with America's own CIA for the first time, teen spy Alex Rider battles terror from the sun-baked beaches of Miami all the way to the barren ice fields of northernmost Russia. Come along for the thrilling ride of a lifetime.

About the Alex Rider: The Graphic Novel Series

Reading age: 9+ years

This series should be read in order.

Anthony Horowitz's world-renowned teen super-spy, Alex Rider, now comes to life in a thrilling, fast-paced and stylish graphic adaptation. The whole graphic novel series - with bold, edgy, manga-like illustrations - has gained wide recognition among reviewers, fans and literacy experts. This is a series of books that may offer an accessible and compelling alternative for otherwise reluctant readers.