num_pages: 274
description: Alex Rider, teenage superspy, is back.Fourteen-year-old Alex is back at school trying to adapt to his new double life... and double homework. But MI6 have other plans for him.Armed with a false ID and a new collection of brilliantly disguised gadgets, Alex must infiltrate the mysterious Point Blanc Academy and establish the truth about what is really happening there. Can he alert the world to what he finds before it is too late?
language: English
title: Point Blank
titlecomplete: Point Blank (Alex Rider, #2)
characters: Smithers, Dr Grief, Alan Blunt, Mrs Jones, Alex Rider, Jack Starbright
genres: Adventure, Mystery, Childrens, Teen, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Thriller, Espionage, Action, Fiction
ratings_count: 58716
places: London, England, French Alps
series: Alex Rider
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award
category: Grade 6-9, name: Askew's Children's Book Award
publisher: Penguin Puffin