|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frequently Bought Together
Product Details
|
Product Description
From School Library Journal
Grade 6-9–The first of a projected series sanctioned by the Ian Fleming estate finds young James at Eton. It's the 1930's and memories of World War I intrude often as James finds a place among friends but attracts the unwanted attention of an older American boy and his very rich father, a Scots lord. Lord Hellebore and his son are bullies with over-the-top ambition for success at all costs. When the term ends, James heads north to his Uncle Max's cottage in Scotland where his Aunt, who has raised him since his parents' death in a climbing accident, has gone to care for her dying brother. The discovery that the frightening Lord Hellbore is the local laird comes just as James meets a cockney boy named Red Kelly who has stowed away on the train, off to help locate his young cousin, Alfie, who has gone missing near the laird's estate at Loch Silver Fin. James and Red team up to solve the mystery of Alfie's disappearance. James's leadership skills are apparent as he recruits a local girl and even young George Hellebore in his quest to undo the vile experiments occurring at the laird's castle. Charlie Higson's novel (Miramax Books, 2005) is skillfully and dramatically read by Nathaniel Parker, who gives every character a distinct voice. Fans of James Bond movies as well as Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider books will be eager to listen to this fine spy thriller.–Jane P. Fenn, Corning-Painted Post West High
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
Gr. 5-8. The name's the same--Bond, James Bond. But the face is different. And no wonder: the late Ian Fleming's fabled superspy is only 14 years old in this newly launched, lavishly promoted, high-concept series. Higson struggles heroically to incorporate all Fleming's trademark ingredients. There's a ravishing heroine (who rides a horse named Martini); a larger-than-life villain (a wealthy American with large, flashing white teeth who is "mad, I tell you, mad"); and lots of melodramatic nonsense about eels and eugenics. The problem is that young Bond is a bit of a cipher, and the story takes forever to get going. Then once things heat up, they go on too long and, worse, too predictably. Part of the problem is endemic to all new series: the need to establish characters, background, etc. But one hopes that Higson will give more attention, in future volumes, to fresher plotting and fleshing out the character of his hero. Michael Cart
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most helpful customer reviews
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A kid's Review Two,
This review is from: Silverfin: A James Bond Adventure (Paperback)
Silverfin is a very good book. It is very exciting because James Bond goes through many adventures. Some people post that it is not a good book because it was a bit gory for preteens. I am nine years old and I found it wasn't that scary but there is a lot of blood and excitement.The scenes with the killer eels are very disgusting and exciting at the same time. James Bond changes over the mission. In the beginning he is a bit weak but by the end he has courage and strength from going through so many dangerous experiences. At the beginning of the book he is intimidated by two bullies, at the end of the book he has the courage to call them overgrown monkeys and stare them down. I will recommend this book to my friends even though at times the scenes with the eels made me want to hurl.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Young James Bond by Charlie Higson,
By Connor Jakes "Connor" (Bristol) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Silverfin (Paperback)
It's good, but NOT as good as Alex Rider or Jason Steed. I thought it would be better, this book was still worth 4 stars as the story was good and original, but the author made the character stuffy and unreal.I have read the whole series, Hurricane Gold is another good Young James Bond book, but te last one "By Royal Command" was sleepy. If you want to read a good series, try Alex Rider,Jason Steed, Jimmy Coates, Cherub and then come to this, its about 4th place, shame as the author already had the character given to him.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Kid's Review Two,
A Kid's Review
This review is from: Silverfin: A James Bond Adventure (Paperback)
This book is good for teens though I am not even ten years old. Some people say that this book may be too disturbing for preteens but I found it very exciting. The parts of the book with the eels were gross, gory and exciting.In the beginning Bond is intimidated by bullies. In the end, Bond has learned to be brave by facing man-eating eels, a big nosed guy with a shotgun and scientists who want to cut him open. At the end he faces up to the bullies and because of all he had been through Bond has become brave enough to call them overgrown monkeys. I will recommend this book to my friends at school because it is an exciting book to read and it has revolvers in it.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
Want to see more reviews on this item?
|
Most recent customer reviews |
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
