Cuba

Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz

Alex Rider has been through a lot for his fourteen years. He's been shot at by international terrorists, chased down a mountainside on a makeshift snowboard, and has stood face-to-face with pure evil. Twice, young Alex has managed to save the world. And twice, he has almost been killed doing it. But now Alex faces something even more dangerous. The desperation of a man who has lost everything he cared for: his country and his only son. A man who just happens to have a nuclear weapon and a serious grudge against the free world. To see his beloved Russia once again be a dominant power, he will stop at nothing. Unless Alex can stop him first... Uniting forces with America's own CIA for the first time, teen spy Alex Rider battles terror from the sun-baked beaches of Miami all the way to the barren ice fields of northernmost Russia. Come along for the thrilling ride of a lifetime.

My Thoughts:

It was hard to find something set in Cuba.  I had read so many depressing books from other countries that when I came across a Spy novel set in Cuba I decided, why not?  It was nice to have something a little on the lighter side.  

Skeleton Key is a very typical Teen-Lit Spy novel.  It was somewhat sensationalized and hard to believe at times.  A fourteen year old with more spy skills than any over-the-top spy movie I've ever seen, and I like spy movies.

The book takes place on an island off Cuba called Skeleton Key.  Halfway through that book I decided to look up the island and found out that the island it is completely fictional.  There was so little content about Cuba that I feel like it shouldn't even be described as "set in Cuba".  It was a nice, light read, nothing special.

My Ratings:

Well written:  Yes

Easy to follow:  Yes

Held my attention:  Yes

Would I recommend this to a friend:  No
Did it represent the country: No

Content:

Explicit Language:  No

Sexual Content: No

Genre: Young Adult, Adventure

Pages: 327