▪	RELEASED BY:		TOKYOPOP
		▪	AUTHOR / ART:		DAN JOLLEY
		▪	FORMAT:		ENGLISH / B&W
		▪	PAGES:		212
		▪	RATING:		T
		▪	RELEASE DATE:		09/11/2007
		▪	REVIEW DATE:		09/27/2007
		▪	REVIEWED BY:		SCOTT CAMPBELL

Alex Unlimited: Split Second Sight is a Tokyo Pop novel (it’s got words only, no pretty pictures in this one to speak of). A few companies that do mostly manga are starting to release these, as well as novels that directly relate to certain popular manga titles. It’s a neat idea! This series follows the misadventures of Alex, an 18 year old girl that everyone seems to think is about 14. She hates this. In fact, she dislikes a lot of this about herself – including her hair, her mannerisms, and the fact that all of her summoned alter egos are so much cooler than she is herself. That’s right, Alex has a unique talent: She’s her very own sidekick - and yet no one seems to give her a chance to prove how interesting she can be herself. No one pays attention to her, she never gets any credit, and anyone who talks to her seems to only do so to appear polite. She’s not in control of her life in the least, but a change in her attitude steers her in the right direction - or at least a direction with plenty of action afoot!

This second volume of Dan Jolly’s smart, action-packed series promises an unforgettable adventure. America has always been rife with “mediums,” but now it looks as though one girl is the real deal: Amy Titus - a spacy, new age hippie chick from San Francisco. If Amy really can contact the spirits, then the government has either a major ally, or a new potential threat to national security. When Amy disappears mysteriously, it’s up to teen secret agent Alex to track down the missing medium. As things start to come together, Alex wonders if Amy is actually what she appears to be. If she really is a medium, can she communicate with the parents whose deaths orphaned Alex so many years ago? All that and more is here in the second instalment of Alex Unlimited.

Besides being well written and very flowing, Alex Unlimited has some good messages for girls still struggling to figure out who they are, as well as any person young or old who can manage to relate to Alex’s plights. In book two, Alex is certainly improving, and starting to get herself into a better life position - one that would satisfy her needs as an individual with ordinary hopes and dreams. Though despite this, her life and the situations she gets into as a secret agent are far from ordinary! Good news for fans of the series already: There will be a third book in the series and it should be available from Tokyopop fairly soon. But no need to rush things - enjoy book two first!

IN SUMMARY:
This isn’t your run-of-the-mill spy thriller - it’s a story that a younger audience will get much more out of than they would a Tom Clancy book or a 007 movie! Alex Unlimited is the secret agent heroine novel that packs plenty of action and intrigue, but knows how to show a more realistic teenage side of a developing character in a hard time of life.