![]() ![]() Alex must discover what is turning these rebellious lads into perfect little gentlemen, and in at least one case, seemingly overnight.The action ramps up for our teen hero who suddenly finds himself alone and in trouble. There is something very wrong in the school, which is cut off from the lower villages. He doesn’t take the plots of any Bond book but there are shadows of Fleming’s work strewn throughout the Alex Rider novels, Point Blanc being a fine homage to On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. ![]() ![]() Horowitz is not only a huge fan of Ian Fleming’s work but has lately finished up a trilogy of pretty nifty Bond books. Each is the troubled son of a very rich or powerful man, and only a few like being in this setting.I felt as if I had read this before and then remembered that Mr. High in the Alps, Rider meets the school’s two masters and the handful of teens that compromise the class. Here he is sent to a small, male only, school for the children of the rich who can not fit into other academic settings. ![]() This is how he differs from the Young Bond character who is actively looking for danger, but is not propositioned by the secret service. MI6 comes calling and Alex Rider answers the call though he would rather not. The second outing for our reluctant young spy. Point Blanc (2001) (Alex Rider #2) by Anthony Horowitz. ![]()
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