Jimmy Coates- Coates

One wrong choice deserves another. And another and another... Shot down, stranded and assumed dead, Jimmy faces his greatest struggle yet. His instinct will save him. Or destroy him. Betrayal is explosive. The Times (London): "Despite the search for the next Anthony Horowitz or JK Rowling, children's publishers often fail to realise when they have struck gold. They pump money into solemn, literary offerings by established authors which no normal child is going to hanker after and leave the rip-roaring read to fend for itself. Joe Craig is a case in point. His Jimmy Coates series is about a twelve-year-old boy, who thinks he is normal until he discovers that he is only 38 per cent human. Scientists have manipulated genetics to grow Jimmy into something that will become an assassin, "designed to reach active service capability" once he is 18... >Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA): >Red House Children's Book Award: >INIS: "...an immensely entertaining espionage thriller for young readers... Most importantly, this novel is quite simply fantastic fun to read, and will keep many readers aged 10+ entranced for hours."