The mine itself wassealed off with several of the tunnels now underwater. His father was a failed hairdresser and his mother took in washing. The book contained a number of old black and white photographs. Sayles home also happens to be the location in which the stormbreaker computers are being manufactured in. She is a devoted servant and henchwoman to herod sayle named darrius sayle in the film. Stormbreaker is a story that follows 14 year old alex rider in his journey to find who killed his uncle, ian rider. Mi6 wanted the information his assassinated uncle had uncovered. Grin, an excircus knife catcher, and yassen gregorovich, professional hit man. Sayle plans to give a free stormbreaker to every secondary school. He is given hitech gadgets before he is sent to sayle enterprises in cornwall.
The reason it is an external conflict is because alex has to face both the sayle enterprises and also the machine itself. This is my presentation for an english litquake about the book, alex rider. Alex gains access to sayle enterprises by impersonating felix lester, a boy who had won a contest to visit the plant and be the first to use a stormbreaker computer. The car does not have accident damage, but has clearly been. At exactly what time did alex take a break from stormbreaker to explore the building at sayle enterprises. The alex rider adventures are now bestsellers the world over, and the book that started it all, stormbreaker, is soon to be a major motion picture. His children had closed down the mine, selling theland above it to sayle enterprises. Buy this book readers will cheer for alex rider, the 14yearold hero of british author horowitzs spy thriller the first in a projected series. But mi6 is suspicious of his motives, and ian was killed while investigating him. Alex rider graphic novels, alex rider novels, list of alex. Now they want to send alex in to find out what is going on behind the guarded fences of sayle enterprises. Free alex rider stormbreaker worksheets and literature. Whats so pleasing is that the alex rider books are exactly what they say on the tin. It introduces us to alex rider, a fourteen year old orphan boy, who has been raised by his uncle ian rider.
The film stars alex pettyfer as alex rider, and also stars mickey rourke, bill nighy, sophie okonedo, alicia silverstone, sarah bolger, stephen fry and ewan. Of course, there is something highly suspect about mr sayle, not. Herod sayle is the primary antagonist in stormbreaker. This area includes a port, some countryside land, and herod sayles home.
The novel provides bang after bang as alex experiences and survives unbelievably dangerous episodes and. Port tallon is where most of the storys setting takes place in and it is an imaginary area that was created to station sayle enterprises location. In fact, it istheir intention to ensure that every secondary schoolin england gets its own stormbreaker. Finds book and realizes that diagram fits over map of mine under sayle enterprises. She was portrayed by missi pyle, who also played shelly stoker and ashley sanderson. This area includes a port, some countryside land, and herod sayle s home. Sayle enterprises is defined by the contrast between the oldschool accommodations and hightech underbelly. Stormbreaker by anthony horowitz 1080 words 123 help me. Sayle enterprises is owned by herod sayle, whom it is named after. This serves to highlight the frightening power of their technology. The stormbreaker is mainly what this entire book mainly revolves around because alexs job as a spy is to see why his uncle was murdered after finding out what was in the stormbreaker.
The book contained a number of old blackandwhite photographs. Think back to how sayle acts with alex when he first arrives, telling the fourteenyearold that being killed by his awesome and repulsive jellyfish would be an unforgettable death 7. Alex was now 16 and had recently lost both of his parents in a plane and was now living with his uncle ian rider. In this mission, alex is able to enter their office.
When alex enters sayles compound in port tallon, he discovers a strange world of secrets and villains including mr. The companys head plans to donate one to every secondary school in england, but his dealings with unfriendly countries and ian riders murder have brought him under suspicion. Alex rider stormbreaker is written by anthony horowitz is a fictional book about a teenager sent under cover for the mi6 agency. In the first book in the number one bestselling alex rider series by anthony horowitz, fourteenyearold alex is forcibly recruited into mi6. A stormbreaker is a new computer that is being made, but he knows that something is wrong about those computers. This is the first book in the alex rider fictional mystery series. Alex will impersonate a contest winner whos won a trip to sayle enterprises in order to get to the bottom of things.
One day, he saved two rich british tourists, by pushing them off the street out of a grand piano which fell out an upper floor window, meaning they would have been killed if sayle had not saved them. Stormbreaker anthonyhorowitz funeralvoices whenthedoorbellringsatthreeinthemorning itsnevergoodnews alexriderwaswoken. His first mission is to find information about sayle enterprises, owned by herod sayle, and why they are going to donate hundreds of computers to england. The novel stormbreaker by anthony horowitz, is about a 14 year old boy named alex rider which becomes a spy after his uncle died. Stormbreaker is written by anthony horowitz, the author of the power of five and many other books.
The book starts at ian riders alexs uncle funeral because he died in a car crash. Sayle enterprises produces a revolutionary new computer called the. Sayle s home also happens to be the location in which the stormbreaker computers are being manufactured in. Born in beirut, herod sayles father was a failed hairdresser and his mother. Meanwhile, the guards from sayle enterprises had formed a line stretching back almost to the point where the vehicles were parked. Ian was sent to cornwall because sayle was manufacturing stormbreakers, the most advanced computer ever made which he had designed, and was donating one to every british school. In the movie, nadia tells sayle that kevin is a spy, whose instructions to nadia was to kill alex in his room, which caused alex to head to the dozmary mine. Alex rider operation stormbreaker official trailer. Stormbreaker anthony horowitz read online free books. Stormbreaker alex rider book 1 kindle edition by horowitz.
In the book, sayle doesnt find out that kevin blake or in the book, felix lester was really alex rider until alex is captured. Sayle enterprises is a company that appears in the novel stormbreaker. What is the title of the book ian rider had read on the history of cornish mines. Stormbreaker by anthony horowitz read online on bookmate.
The book begins with alex rider learning that his uncle and guardian. Yassen gave an order and, as alex watched from behind the rocks, a large metallic silver box with a vacuum seal appeared, held by unseen hands, at the top of the submarines tower. At the time, sayle thinks alex is felix lester, a kid who won sayle enterprises equivalent to a golden ticket. An outwardly ordinary orphaned teenager student alex rider who lives with his uncle, a boring bank manager, or so it seems until his uncle, ian rider, disappears under mysterious circumstances.
Sayle was one of thirteen children nine boys and four girls. Armed with secret gadgets, he is sent to investigate herod sayle, a man who is offering stateoftheart stormbreaker. Alex rider series, stormbreaker 2001 by anthony horowitz ncfl. Since its release, the book has sold more than nine million copies worldwide. Sayle, enterprises chelsea, england conflict alex rider, a normal 14 year old kid, has to suddenly become an undercover spy for an agency that his uncle ian rider worked for before he died. Sayle gives alex a tour of his mansion, which includes a giant aquarium containing a poisonous man of war jellyfish. Librarian tells him that uncle wanted book on computer viruses and then later asked for cornwall history and looked at book on shelf cl. In a short while, alex is sent to investigate sayle enterprises, a computer company with. He has invented a revolutionary computer called stormbreaker, and he plans to donate one model to every secondary school in the country. He has invented a revolutionary computer called stormbreaker, and he plans to. They are planning to give awaytens of thousands of these computers. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading stormbreaker alex rider book 1. Born in 1956 to a wealthy family, anthony horowitz enjoyed reading books and.
Stormbreaker in the united states is a 2006 action spy film directed by geoffrey sax. Alex finds ian riders car in a salvage yard in london. His children had closed down the mine, selling the land above it to sayle enterprises. Stormbreaker is a young adult actionadventure book written by british author anthony horowitz, and is the first novel in the alex rider series. The enemy, herod sayle, is accused of putting a virus inside a computer he created called the stormbreaker. Alex lies to his sergeant during training to protect one of his teammates and about his identity in his efforts to infiltrate sayles operation.
Buys supplies and then rides fourwheeler to mine entrance. A quite revolutionary computer which he calls the stormbreaker. Herod sayle is a wealthy man, and owns a computer company as well as a string of racehorses. Comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative reading response activities and projects, tests, and much more. Alex remembered the file he had found in ian riders office.
How many vehicles left sayle enterprises when alex snuck into the back of the truck. Jones, who are these topsecret people, send him on a mission to sayle enterprises, where herod sayle runs the stormbreaker project. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The mine itself was sealed off, with several of the tunnels now underwater. Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from wikipedia or other free sources online. Now the government wants alex to take over his uncles mission. Now is your chance to see this book visualized in a brandnew format, with bold, edgy, mangalike illustrations that bring alex rider to life in a way not seen before. This study guide consists of approximately 24 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of stormbreaker. But what drew him to our attention was his most recent invention. Free alex rider stormbreaker study unit worksheets for teachers to print. Stormbreaker alex rider book 1 kindle edition by horowitz, anthony. But before his death, ian rider had warned the british government that the stormbreakers could not be allowed to leave the manufacturing plant. Sw boces school library system digital library stormbreaker. Theres not much time before stormbreaker is released, so alex is hurried through a twoweek boot camp, given some handy spy gadgets, and shipped off to sayle enterprises.
Alex to drop the spy business and become a normal schoolboy again. See the stormbreaker mission file for a complete record. The book was released in the united kingdom on the 4th of september 2000, and in united states release on 21st of may 2001, where it became a new york times bestseller. Stormbreaker alex rider book 1 english edition ebook. Herod sayle acts like he just read super villainy for dummies, his butler mr. While reading alex rider books, seventh graders should be able to talk and write about. Operation stormbreaker, was released in 2006 in the uk. Billionaire herod sayle is donating his stateoftheart computers to every school in england. The mission is called stormbreaker so alex goes down to sayles enterprises. They are known for manufacturing computer technology in nonsterile environments, allowing them to provide far more affordable technology to their consumers. Stormbreaker stormbreaker is the first novel in the alex rider series written by anthony horowitz. The novel is written in the third person omniscient point of view. Nadia vole is the secondary antagonist in the novel stormbreaker and the 2006 film of the same name.
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