You’re a fourteen year- old spy on a mission. You’re not
able to use a weapon, and you’re trying to overcome a huge obstacle. That’s
what Alex Rider goes through in the action packed book Point Blank by Anthony Horowitz.
Michael J.
Roscoe and Victor Inanov are both extremely rich and they are both murdered.
The M16 military operation sent Alex Rider to Point Blanc Academy for troubled
teens and the kids of the murder victim’s kids go there. So the M16 thinks the
kills are linked to the school; they sent Alex to investigate the school. Alex
is a reluctant teen spy, so that’s why they’re sending him because no one would
think of a kid as a spy. Time is running out and he needs to find something quickly.
Then he gets into a pickle with the nefarious principal, Dr. Greif. Will Alex’s
luck run out?
Overall, it
is a pretty good book. It is easy to understand and it is a good read. What I
like most about this novel is the action because there is lots of it. One thing
I would change is that M16 could let Alex use a firearm because he wouldn’t be
in as life risking challenges with a firearm. Another thing that is absurd is
that they give him weird gadgets, like a CD player that turns into a saw and an
earring that turns into a bomb. If I were Alex, I would rather have a firearm
instead of a CD player because I could do more damage with it. I would
recommend this book to teenage boys and girls who like action books.
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