Point Blank (Alex Rider)

by Anthony Horowitz

Book Overview

Alex Rider is now an IMDb TV/Amazon Original Series! Alex Rider is an orphan turned teen superspy who's saving the world one mission at a time--from #1 New York Times bestselling author! When an... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039923621X
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Philomel Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.6" x 0.9" x 5.7"

Customer Reviews

Another good one

Again, Alex Rider will be a hit with junior high kids. It is fun for adults as well. Read the books in order for a better read!

Wow!

I was just looking through some books when I saw the cover of Point Blanc. I thought it looked cool, so I picked it up and read the first two sentences. From that moment on, I knew this book was for me. I bought it and read some of it on my way home. I had finished it within two or three hours, it was so good. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes anything military at all. The first chapter is really brilliant, as is the whole book. The detail is fantastic, ecpecially on anything mechanical, such as cranes, guns, helicopters and aeroplanes. The book's starting chapther is amazing. Read the first sentance and your hooked on it.

Point Blank

Point Blank is the most action packed book I've ever read besides Stormbreaker. Alex Rider saves the day again! Working for the british secret service, Alex is sent into the acadamey of Poin Blanc. Alex has only a few gadgets to save the world from an evil scientist. Once again Alex Rider must save the world. This time from cloning!

A sequel shaken - not stirred

Alex Rider is the youngest member of Britain's elite M16 spying agency. He didn't think it would be too bad, but it's hard to be James Bond when everyone thinks that you are too young to carry a gun. After barely surviving his last adventure Alex is back at school - but M16 has plans for Alex. Shipped off to Point Blanc Academy, Alex is about to face a dangerous foe. Dr. Grief - the academy director - has plans for Alex, plans that place him in danger. Alex has to figure out what is going on - before he becomes the latest subject in Project Gemini.This book is one of the best sequels that I have read for a long time. I loved the opening action scene where Alex manages to cause a lot of damage with a crane and a barge (I won't ruin it by saying anymore) - and the rest of the book kept up with that opening scene. I found that this book was more gripping than the first because it was tricky - just when you thought you had it figured out the author changed the rules.Girls and guys alike will enjoy this fast-paced, action-packed novel. I can't wait until the next book in this series comes out. I have also recommended these books to my brother who reads Tom Clancy and he enjoyed them too. The best part about this Alex Rider adventure is that the end will leave you thinking about the book for a long time (but if I tell you why it will ruin the ending so you have to read this book for yourself).

Point Blank

This is a really gripping book. It keeps you wanting to turn the next page all the way through. Its witty, even though the cover reads to be a bit unrealistic, it unfoldes into a large web of lies and evil as a insane South African's dream to take over the world and change it into a racist one becomes a reality. The 14 year old MI6 agent Alex goes undercover as a rich mans rebel son, who is sent to Point Blanc Academy, with a group of drug dealers and fire starters. With no gun he is sent to a heavily guarded school run buy a South African bio chemist, and the 7 boys there are watched buy 30 armed guards. The Lower, 2nd and 3rd floors are out of bounds, and there seems to be no way up to invesigate. With only his SAS survival training, will Alex manage to dig up info on the evil headmaster. Will this be Alex's last mission?