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Nightshade

By Anthony Horowitz
Series: Alex Rider
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In Nightshade by Anthony Horowitz, Alex Rider returns for another thrilling adventure as he delves into a covert and dangerous world. Tasked with infiltrating a sinister group known as Nightshade, Alex navigates high-stakes espionage, putting his skills to the test. Balancing mystery and excitement, this page-turner promises to captivate young readers with its fast-paced narrative and gripping secret missions.
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You might enjoy this book if you are thrilled by gripping spy adventures filled with mystery and danger. Fans of fast-paced action and clever plot twists in a secret agent storyline will likely find this read captivating. It's particularly appealing to readers who enjoy stories featuring young protagonists facing challenges beyond their age and experience.

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In this adrenaline-fuelled adventure in the number one bestselling series, Alex Rider is sent by MI6 Special Operations to infiltrate a new and sinister organization known only as Nightshade.

Alex is on his own, with the fate of thousands of people resting in his hands.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781406395877

Publisher: Walker Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 April 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Walker Books Ltd

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 448

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Anthony Horowitz Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Series: Alex Rider Young Adult Young Adult Mystery & Thriller

About the Author

Anthony Horowitz is the author of the number one bestselling Alex Rider books and the Power of Five series. He enjoys huge international acclaim as a writer for both children and adults. After the success of his first James Bond novel, Trigger Mortis, he was invited back by the Ian Fleming Estate to write a second, Forever and a Day. His latest crime novel, The Word is Murder, introducing Detective Daniel Hawthorne, was a bestseller. Anthony has won numerous awards, including the Bookseller Association/Nielsen Author of the Year Award, the Children's Book of the Year Award at the British Book Awards, and the Red House Children's Book Award. In 2014 Anthony was awarded an OBE for Services to Literature. He has also created and written many major television series, including Collision, New Blood and the BAFTA-winning Foyle's War. The bestselling Alex Rider adventures are currently being adapted for television.

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