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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
Horowitz, Anthony
Peregrine Palis. Mr Palis tries to shoot Nick at the end, but he manages to escape unhurt. He realises in his French lesson that it was Mr Palis all along.
f. It survives a bomb explosion, a flood and all the transportation between venues after its theft. However, it couldn't survive a Tim Diamond sitting on it!
Dead meat. He was holding a gun and was about to shoot when Tim sneezed a second time and made him jump.
Hot chocolate. We know this because Ma Powers says, "Sure, Johnny. Come and finish your hot chocolate." He is only fifteen.
Penelope. It turns out it is just the name of a boat Johnny Powers is using to store stolen goods.
t. He is convinced they died because their police car blew up. They are alive and well though, but Nick wasn't to know that. Boyle got burns and had to be taken to hospital.
Grapefruit. Nails Nathan also has one, but makes the mistake of telling Johnny they're good for him. In return, Johnny slams the yoghurt carton on the side of Nathan's face, where it explodes.
Eggs. Some eggs splattered across Nick and Johnny's getaway vehicle.
Concrete. The road running alongside the prison was 100% concrete.
Teachers . His prison warden treated him like his teachers did, so he made the comparison.
95446. Nick was disappointed to find that was his new name-nobody would bother calling him Nick from now on.
6 months. In actual fact, he got 18 months. The judge was shocked at what he had done.
Pink. The cardigan fell to the ground when she tried to attack Nick with her knitting needles.
Woburn Abbey. There Nick gets framed for stealing a Woburn Carbuncle by Snape and Boyle.
9:35 am. It never got to its cleaning destination. The van was stolen at a gas station.
Purple Peacock. The vase had been stolen from the museum.
Peregrine. Nick Diamond says, "I didn't like Peregrine Palis from the start.". His name is also mentioned several times during the book.
His nursery school. Chief Inspector Snape says, "He started young." Quite an understatement!
Yes. He saved many people's lives by betraying Scorpia.
Students. A poison is injected into kids as a shot that they have to get before school starts.
Pizza delivery boy. He was dressed up like that to complete his mission for Scorpia.
Tulip. Her parents were gardeners.
Yes. He does join and he tries to kill Mrs. Jones. He goes back to MI6 and stops Scorpia's plan.
Jack Starbright. Jack Starbright is actually from America.
PARAS. PARAS is the second toughest regiment in Britain.
plane crash. Many people thought he was shot by a sniper on Albert Bridge, but it was only set up to look like he had died.
MI6. John Rider was actually reporting everything that happened in Scorpia to MI6.
Blonde hair and brown eyes. After reading and enjoying the books, I wonder how many of you remembered this simple fact? (In one book, his hair is described as light brown, but it is generally referred to as blonde.)
Caroline. In "Point Blanc", Alex was sent to the Friend's household to adapt to Alex Friend's lifestyle in order to successfully infiltrate "Point Blanc Academy" for MI6.
Yassen Gregorovich. Although Yassen killed Ian Rider, Alex's uncle, he could never kill Alex himself as Alex's father had once saved Yassen's life.
Jack Starbright. Through the series Jack looks after and supports Alex and Alex considers her his closest friend. MI6 has also used her as blackmail in which they would have sent her out of the country unless Alex helped them.
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