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Alex Rider, teenage superspy, infiltrates the mysterious Point Blanc Academy, armed with only a false ID and a set of disguised gadgets. Can he alert the world to what he finds out before it's too late?Tags
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Following Stormbreaker, the first in the Alex Rider series, this continues the story of the 14-year-old schoolboy now living a double life. Like a teenage James Bond, he is sent to infiltrate an exclusive school in the French Alps for MI6, the UK's Secret Intelligence Service. The owner of the school has taken control of the boys by cloning them and intends to take over the world. Will Alex be able to get out before Dr Grief clones him too? The Bond-style gizmos provided by Smithers are the most fun. I loved this action-packed spy story from Horowitz (famous for Foyle's War tv series) and Antony Johnston, enhanced by the vivid art of Kanako and Yuzuru, two Japanese sisters who collaborate on every illustration. Terrific read!
This was a fairly good graphic novel -- teen spy Alex Rider infiltrates a boys' school in the Alps to uncover an evil plan. The art is utilitarian, but does a decent job of telling the story. My main problem with this graphic novel was in the text -- they used way too much emphasis. Sometimes it seemed like every other word was rendered in bold. Do they think their readers are stupid? That they can't identify the main thrust of a sentence without help? It just got to be a little bit annoying.
Another spiffing, dare-devilling, great romp of an action novel for young adults. With fab gadgets. It's all about the gadgets.
The great sequel to "Stormbreaker", and the second book of the amazing Alex Rider series. Full of strange turns and unexpected happenings.
Book two in the Alex Rider (graphic novel) series.
Alex is spying again, this time at an isolated school fro troubled, but wealthy, teenaged boys. Will he be able to figure out the school's secret and escape with his life before it's too late?
Alex is spying again, this time at an isolated school fro troubled, but wealthy, teenaged boys. Will he be able to figure out the school's secret and escape with his life before it's too late?
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i have read the chapter book and i thought it might be cool to see what the characters looked like also because of the action in the chapter book i wanted to see how much different it was.
Why did i finish it...
because it was exciting and adicting.
i have read the chapter book and i thought it might be cool to see what the characters looked like also because of the action in the chapter book i wanted to see how much different it was.
Why did i finish it...
because it was exciting and adicting.
It was a really great book and I enjoyed reading it.
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Author and television scriptwriter Anthony Horowitz was born in Stanmore, England on April 5, 1956. At the age of eight, he was sent to a boarding school in London. He graduated from the University of York and published his first book, Enter Frederick K. Bower (1979), when he was 23. He writes mostly children's books, including the Alex Rider show more series, The Power of Five series, and the Diamond Brothers series. The Alex Rider series is about a 14-year-old boy becoming a spy and was made into a movie entitled Stormbreaker. He has won numerous awards including the 1989 Lancashire Children's Book of the Year Award for Groosham Grange and the 2003 Red House Children's Book Award for Skeleton Key. He also writes novels for adults including The Killing Joke and The Magpie Murders. He has created Foyle's War and Midsomer Murders for television as well as written episodes for Poirot and Murder Most Horrid. He made The New York Times Best Seller list with his titles The House of Silk Russian Roulette: The Story of an Assassin and Moriarity.Most recently he was commissioned by the Ian Fleming Estate to write the James Bond novel Trigger Mortis. Anthony was awarded an OBE for his services to literature in January 2014. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Antony Johnston is an award-winning, New York Times bestselling author and creator of the hit Charlize Theron movie Atomic Blonde, which was based on his graphic novel. His work spans books, film, graphic novels, videogames, podcasts, music, and more, with titles translated throughout the world - and he is highly organised.
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- Canonical title
- Point Blank: The Graphic Novel
- Original publication date
- 2007
- People/Characters
- Alex Rider
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- Graphic Novels & Comics, Tween, Kids, Teen
- DDC/MDS
- 741.5 — Arts & recreation Drawing & decorative arts Drawing Comic books, graphic novels, fotonovelas, cartoons, caricatures, comic strips
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- PZ7 .H676 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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