Horowitz, Anthony. Point Blank. NY: Penguin, 2005. 288 pages. (Action / Adventure Series)
The main characters of this book, Point Blank, are a fourteen-year-old boy named Alex Rider, his dad Michael J. Roscoe, and his enemy Dr. Grief. It takes place in the French Alps where a boarding school only accepts young boys of who are being bad. Alex is there undercover to investigate the murders of two of the students’ rich fathers: Michael Roscoe, a nice wealthy man who was killed by falling down an elevator shaft by a hired hit man. Many other mysteries take place at the school that Alex faces trying to solve this problem. Alex realizes while facing death from Dr. Grief that he has developed a plan to clone all the boys after killing them and their fathers. The clones would take their places at home and at the families’ wealthy corporations to learn top secrets and take over the world. Alex had to escape and run for his life.
The character I do not like in this story is Dr. Grief. He is mean and cheats to get ahead in the world. I like the character Alex because he is always trying to solve the problems before others get hurt like Michael Roscoe. The action and mysteries in this story by Anthony Horowitz make the story interesting and fun to read.
Reviewed by: BookWorm8
