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by Anthony Horowitz

Book 3 of Alex Rider

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Genre

What it is about

Spies
Tennis
Terrorism
Orphans

Where it happens

England

Ages

Young Adult

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Last checked: November 7, 2026

The Recruit
Robert Muchamore · Young adult

about 340 pages

Why: Both are spy books about orphans.
- Spy
- Orphans
What both books share
- spy
  Skeleton Key: "Spies in fiction" (OL subject); "Spies" (OL subject); "Spy stories" (OL subject); "Spies, fiction" (OL subject)
  The Recruit: "Spies" (OL subject); "Spies, fiction" (OL subject); "Spy stories" (OL subject); "spy fiction" (WD genre)
- orphans
  Skeleton Key: "Orphans" (OL subject); "Orphans in fiction" (OL subject); "Orphans, fiction" (OL subject); "Orphans -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
  The Recruit: "Orphans" (OL subject); "Orphans -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Skeleton Key; Open Library and Wikidata for The Recruit.
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The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins · 2008 · Young adult

about 400 pages

Why: Both are adventure books.
- Adventure
What both books share
- adventure
  Skeleton Key: "Adventure stories" (OL subject); "Adventure fiction" (OL subject); "adventure fiction" (WD genre)
  The Hunger Games: "Action & Adventure" (OL subject); "adventure fiction" (WD genre)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Skeleton Key; Open Library and Wikidata for The Hunger Games.
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Storm Front Adult
Jim Butcher · 2000

about 350 pages

Why: Both are mystery books.
- Mystery
What both books share
- mystery
  Skeleton Key: "Mystery" (OL subject); "mystery fiction" (WD genre)
  Storm Front: "Mystery" (OL subject); "Fiction, mystery & detective, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, mystery & detective, private investigators" (OL subject); "Comics & graphic novels, crime & mystery" (OL subject)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Skeleton Key; Open Library and Wikidata for Storm Front.
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Book	Adventure	Mystery	Orphans	Spy
The Recruit	not shared	not shared	shared	shared
The Hunger Games	shared	not shared	not shared	not shared
Storm Front	not shared	shared	not shared	not shared
The Lightning Thief	shared	not shared	not shared	not shared
Holes	shared	not shared	not shared	not shared
Ready Player One	shared	not shared	not shared	not shared
The Thursday Murder Club	not shared	shared	not shared	not shared
The Phantom Tollbooth	shared	not shared	not shared	not shared
The Lost Hero	shared	not shared	not shared	not shared
The Shadow of the Wind	not shared	shared	not shared	not shared

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About Anthony Horowitz

Born: Born in London, United Kingdom, in 1955. Source: Wikidata and the place's own entry, checked November 6, 2026. The sources differ. Each value is shown with where it came from.Born in 1955; Wikidata lists Stanmore, United Kingdom, as the place of birth. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own and the place's own entry, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors: Anthony Horowitz received the Macavity Award in 2018, for Magpie Murders. Source: Wikidata, citing mysteryreaders.org, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors: Anthony Horowitz was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2018. Source: Wikidata, citing rsliterature.org, checked November 6, 2026.

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