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Alex Rider: Book 2

Point Blank (2001) (edit title/settings)

by Anthony Horowitz (Author) (edit contributors)

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When an investigation into a series of mysterious deaths leads agents to an elite prep school for rebellious kids, MI6 assigns Alex Rider, fourteen-year-old reluctant spy, to the case. Before he knows it, Alex is stuck in a remote boarding school high atop the Swiss Alps with the sons of the... read more

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When an investigation into a series of mysterious deaths leads agents to an elite prep school for rebellious kids, MI6 assigns Alex Rider, an awesome kid, to the case. Before he knows it, Alex is hanging out with the sons of the rich and powerful, and something feels wrong. These former... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

When an investigation into a series of mysterious deaths leads agents to an elite prep school for rebellious kids, MI6 assigns Alex Rider, an awesome kid, to the case. Before he knows it, Alex is hanging out with the sons of the rich and powerful, and something feels wrong. These former juvenile delinquents have turned well-behaved, studious—and identical—overnight. It’s up to Alex to find out who is masterminding this nefarious plot, before they find him.

Everything is going good until his cover is blown and he is put in a cell. Dr. Greif wants to use him for a human dissection. That night he decides if he is going to survive he has to get out. He uses one of his gadgets (exploding earing) to escape the cell. He gets to his room and puts on two more gadgets (night-vision ski goggles and bullet-proof ski suit).

Then he gets a ironing board and and uses another gadget (diamond-bladed-CD-player) to make a make shift snow board. Then he sets out bown the mountain. Two men on jet skis chase after him. The jet skis have machine guns built into them. Alex escapes , but he still has another challenge a man at the bottom of the mountain with a mounted machine gun. He is saved when a train makes a temporary wall and he escapes.

Characters edit see section history

  • Alex Rider: Alex rider is 14 and he works for MI6 as a spy. Is fluent in three languages. And is skilled in many activities, such as martial arts, scuba diving, mountain climbing and others. Alex's secret identity when he's in Point Blank is "Alex Friend" The main character of the whole series.
  • Jack Starbright: She is funny in the first movie. She helps Alex keep the house that they live in. She is basically his guardian.
  • Dr. Hugo Grief: the director of Point Blanc.
  • James Sprintz: A son of a famous person. Very violent. Doesn't like Point Blanc. Is also Alex's friend
  • Mrs. Jones: Deputy head of M16. Seems to care about Alex.
  • Michael J. Roscoe: He is the man with all the gadgets until he is killed in an elevator.
  • David Friend: The man owns the markets, Alex has to stay with him so that the academy thinks that he is rich or powerful. He is Alex's "father"
  • Eve Stellenbosch: Basically Dr. Hugo Grief's assistant
  • Wolf: SAS Agent. Alex met him earlier in Stormbreaker. Alex doesn't like him
  • Alan Blunt: Head of M16. Very secretive of his life, emotionless.
  • Fiona Friend: Alex's "sister" in his secret identity.
  • Ian Rider: he was killed on a mission. He had worked for M16. He was Alex's uncle.
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

  • Point Blanc: this is the Academy where Alex will go.
  • Eton: a well-know college in England.

Organizations edit see section history

  • MI6: The British intelligence agency.

First Sentence edit see section history

Michael J. Roscoe was a careful man.

Table of Contents edit see section history

1. Going Down
2. Blue Shadow
3. Hooked
4. Search and Report
5.The Shooting Party
6. The Tunnel
7. Special Edition
8. Room 13
9. "My Name is Grief"
10. Things That Go Click in the Night
11. Seeing Double
12. Delating Tactics
13. How to Rule the World
14. Black Run
15. After the Funeral
16. Night Raid
17. Dead Ringer

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 2 of 12 in Alex Rider. (standard series)

Preceded by Stormbreaker, and followed by Skeleton Key.

This is book 46 of 216 in Whitcoulls Kids' Top 50 (2011). (authoritative list)
This is book 105 of 200 in BBC 'Big Read' Top 200 Novels, 2003. (authoritative list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Anthony Horowitz (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Walker Books
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: September 3, 2001
ISBN: 0744559715
Page Count: 288

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PZ7.H7875 Po 2001
  • Dewey: <Fic>

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Ages 9-12

Contains violence.

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  • Stormbreaker
  • I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
  • The Ninth Orphan

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  • Stormbreaker

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