Eagle Strike: The Graphic Novel

Reviewed by: Elizabeth Andersen - Westbrook High School, Westbrook, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: July 18, 2017

Review

Eagle Strike is the fourth book in the popular Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz (story adapted by Anthony Johnston for the graphic novel).The graphic novel format stays true to the original novels and brings the action and suspense to life with colorful, action-packed graphics. Alex Rider, a young MI6 agent, is on vacation when he is thrust back into danger after a failed assassination attempt. He is busy trying to save the world from an evil super villain while trying to find out the truth about his father’s death. The two illustrators, Kanako and Yuzuru, two sisters from Japan, worked together to create the artwork. Most pages are multiple panels of varying size. There is a manga-like quality to the illustrations, especially in the fight scenes. This graphic novel series will be popular with readers of the novels and conversely, it might be a good stepping stone to the novels for reluctant readers.

Overall Book Score: very good