NAME DATE Morgan Hatch February 12th
TITLE TIME HOURS Crocodile Tears, 2 hours
AUTHOR PAGES -Anthony Horowitz,

TOTAL PAGES THIS WEEK finished last week

QUESTION 1: I wonder why the author…

RESPONSE 1: I wonder why the author chose to use genetically modified crops as the plot in the story. It was an interesting idea and it was not what I expected. The villain, Desmond McCain made genetically modified wheat crops that would release toxic poisons into the air which would kill millions of people in Kenya. The author would have to do a lot o research to learn about genetically modified crops to write a story about them. The only reason that it surprised me was because in all the rest of the book the reason people die are from earthquakes and bombs. It is normally more violent of a plot.

I also wonder why after every one of Alex's missions he says he never wants to work for MI-6 or do any spy related jobs, he ends up doing it again. I guess that he was just born to be a spy and he cant stay a way from it. I just think that the author should stop saying that he doesn't want to be a spy anymore and he should just commit to being a spy.

QUESTION 2: If you could change one thing in the book, what would it be? Why would you change it?

RESPONSE 2: If I could change any thing about this book I would change the ending to make it sound like there would be a future to Alex Riders spy career. Now that he has turned 15 he should do some more advanced missions. The author ended it without a twist like he normally does. Is he going to follow in his fathers footsteps or is he going to forget about being a spy and go on to live normal life. That would be what I would want to have changed.

Another thing that I would have like to change, is giving Alex a partner. Someone he can trust. He is always working on his own and I bet it would be a lot easier if he had a partner he could work with. If he got captured there would be someone there to save him. This would open up ides to another book. He could have a sidekick that would help him through all of his missions. That would be the only other thing that I would change.