"The girl didn't look before crossing the road.
That was what the driver said later. She didn't look left or right. She'd seen a friend on the opposite pavement and she simply walked across to join him, not noticing that the lights had turned green, forgetting that this was always a busy junction and that this was four o'clock in the afternoon when people were trying to get their work finished, hurrying on their way home. The girl just set off without thinking. She didn't so much as glimpse the white van heading towards her at fifty miles an hour."
Anthony Horowitz was my favourite author as a young teenager, i've read all the Alex Rider series and the Power of of Five series (Necropolis is the fourth book in the Power of Five series.) I always find myself hooked almost from the first word, as something exciting or intriguing happens immediately, particularly in Necropolis, where the main character is almost hit by a van and killed in the opening paragraph. This immediate excitement is retained throughout the novel, with kidnappings, typoons and plenty of street battles. I would recommend the Power of Five or Alex Rider series for easy and entertaining reading.
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