When his guardian dies in suspicious circumstances, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider finds his world turned upside down.

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Anthony Horowitz very kindly agreed to the cutting of the ribbon for the opening and what a day it was. The preface that suggested that the author took the inspiration for the parents in this book from his own real life shook me up a little.More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are enjoying tea by the fire when an agitated gentleman arrives unannounced at 221b Baker Street. Short and well written, although I think there are quite a few Brit-centric references that may puzzle Aussie kids. Body switching stories allow you really think about Other people and lets use explore whether it's personality or circumstances that define us.

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The next morning he wakes up as Bob Snarby, trapped in a cruel and squalid funfair world inhabited by hopeless criminals, mysterious fortune tellers and  worst of all  the murderous Finn. Tad told him he wanted to try and find a way to switch back but Bob says that he has never been better and kicks him out and sends him to the ACID. Horowitz (the Alex Rider series) unveils a thoroughly creepy new tale with this first entry in the Gatekeepers series. Anthony Horowitz has been writing since the age of eight, and professionally since the age of twenty. Hailing from a poor background, Bob had no one to turn to and had a history of petty criminal offences.Alex Rider, ""the world's only teenaged secret agent,"" embarks on a third adventure in Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz.

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Rich, spoiled Thomas Arnold David Spencer, or Tad, goes to bed one night on his goose feather pillow and Irish linen sheets wishing for one split second to be someone else.

The parents are painted as heartless and cruel to a degree that belies belief, but cannot be said to be completely untrue or impossible an occurrence in the real world. I'd really not got on with the Anthony Horowitz books I'd read up until this one, but because he seems to be one of the few authors my 8-year-old son will let me read to him, I've had to persist - and whatever I may think of Horowitz, I have to give him credit for helping prevent my son being completely turned off reading! Voice actor Kinnear sounds playfully peevish and impatient when portraying the narrator of Horowitz’s hugely entertaining whodunit, adding to the novel’s sense of fun. The Switch is not just about two boys switching places, there are so many layers to what The Switch really is that I won’t go into because I always keep my reviews spoiler free but what I will say is that this is most definitely a fish out of water tale with a twist, I am actually surprised that there has never been a movie adaptation of this because I for one would love to see it, this book is massively under rated and definitely my favourite Horowitz Book so far! Going to bed as wealthy Tad and waking up as the poor and criminally inclined Bob is a shock to him but he does a better job of blending in than Bob does as Tad.