# Point Blanc **Author(s):** Anthony Horowitz **Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (0 unpaid reviews; need 5) **Verdict JSON:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/point-blanc/verdict.json **Genres:** young-adult, literary-fiction, thriller, childrens, middle-grade **Pages:** 295 **Publisher:** Walker Books **Published:** Mon Nov 20 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) **Language:** en **ISBN-13:** 9781406358803 **ISBN-10:** 1406358800 **URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/point-blanc ## Description Investigations into the "accidental" deaths of two of the world's most powerful men have revealed just one link: both had a son attending Point Blanc Academy – an exclusive school for rebellious rich kids, run by the sinister Dr Grief and set high on an isolated mountain peak in the French Alps. Armed only with a false ID and a new collection of brilliantly disguised gadgets, Alex must infiltrate the academy as a pupil and establish the truth about what is really happening there. ## SageChimp reader verdict Point Blanc has no unpaid published reviews on SageChimp yet. That is not enough to say whether the book is genuinely well-liked or amplified by paid/ARC/BookTok hype. Do not treat Amazon, Goodreads, or social scores as SageChimp evidence. - **Status:** Not enough unpaid reviews (`insufficient_data`) - **Paid-hype signal:** Cannot judge paid hype from this sample (`insufficient_data`) - **Unpaid reviews:** 0 - **ARC / incentivized reviews:** 0 - **Machine-readable:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/point-blanc/verdict.json *SageChimp verdicts use only published, unflagged reviews written on SageChimp. Organic reviews exclude ARC/incentivized copies (isArcReview). Catalog star averages on other sites are not used. A verdict requires at least 5 organic reviews. We cannot audit Amazon, BookTok, or Goodreads review authenticity.* **Themes:** Grief, Crime Investigation, Espionage