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Jimmy Coates: Killer
Joe Craig
An eleven-year-old boy discovers he has strange powers, and a future that holds mystery, adventure – and death!Bending his knees, Jimmy let go of the windowsill and slowly tipped backwards. Surely this is impossible, he thought, even as he could feel himself doing it. He pushed out with his legs and the thrust sent him flying backwards into the air… Then his fingers locked on to the cold wire of the fence, poised in a perfect handstand on the top.Who are the mysterious men chasing Jimmy across the city?Why are they after him?What are Jimmy's parents keeping from him and who can he trust?And how come he can suddenly do all this really cool stuff…?Find out in this electrifying debut novel from Joe Craig. Young, multitalented and brimming with ideas, this new HarperCollins author is destined to become a firm favourite with children everywhere.
Jimmy
Coates
Killer
Joe Craig
Table of Contents
Cover Page (#u53dbf819-26b0-5be1-9a10-1ef13d6c6258)
Title Page (#ubf377259-76f8-5c04-bd1c-e07f9cdb0990)
CHAPTER ONE – STRANGE TALENTS (#u77a917c7-edf9-5c8e-885e-34abaeaea6fe)
CHAPTER TWO – GREEN STRIPE (#u3d95d511-1e1b-52fe-9716-fef618df6010)
CHAPTER THREE – BOY AND A BAG (#ud3a2b4dd-b2c8-5e4b-8f8c-827fe185a559)
CHAPTER FOUR – NEVER ALONE (#u4605b7c7-2b5d-544b-b8b5-871fbda58674)
CHAPTER FIVE – FACE OF A FOE (#u526ec962-d62f-5b07-b7d8-749899b47676)
CHAPTER SIX – IN HIDING (#ue40ead1f-1834-5f51-9f2d-70510de21d49)
CHAPTER SEVEN – RAID (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER EIGHT – NEVER SAFE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER NINE – TIME TO FLY (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TEN – DROWNING TWICE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER ELEVEN – 38 PERCENT (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TWELVE – A LESSON IN FOOTWEAR (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER THIRTEEN – MIND THE GRP (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FOURTEEN – IZGARU (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FIFTEEN – SAFFRON WALDEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER SIXTEEN – BASHED UP BENTLEY (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN – BAD CITIZENS (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN – INTO THE DARK (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER NINETEEN – WELCOME BACK (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TWENTY – FINAL OFFER (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TWENTY ONE – EXILE (#litres_trial_promo)
Acknowledgments (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)
Also by Joe Craig (#litres_trial_promo)
Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER ONE – STRANGE TALENTS (#ulink_70768bea-b3f6-5f4a-aced-e320c8fb28d2)
JIMMY KNEW WHAT was coming, but he was too late to dodge out of the way. Georgie pounced on him and they both landed with a thump on the bed. She moved quickly, and easily locked her arm round Jimmy’s neck. Then she dug her knuckles into the top of his head, kneeling over him. Not again, Jimmy thought. All these years he had never been able to escape his sister’s hold.
“Looks like I’m still bigger than you!” Georgie jeered. It was true–Jimmy was waiting for a growth spurt. But he never gave in easily.
“I don’t care! Get out my room!” he roared.
“I need your computer.”
She released him and took a seat at Jimmy’s desk. Then she asked as casually as she could, “Is Westminster Bridge actually part of Westminster, or does it just go to Westminster?”
“Find a tramp at Westminster Bridge,” Jimmy suggested, a huge smile on his face. “He’d tell you. And he’d probably smell like you too; you could be really good friends.”
“That’s it–you’re done for.” She was at him again. This time she pinned him down even harder and pulled his hair. Even though he knew she was just messing around, it still hurt.
“Mum!” Jimmy cried.
“I’m not doing anything!” Georgie shouted in response.
Jimmy flapped his arms about and slapped his sister on the back a couple of times, but it didn’t do any good. Then they heard the familiar pounding on the wall from next door, followed by their father shouting up the stairs.
“Keep it down. You’re disturbing Mr Higgins.”
“I hate that old weirdo,” muttered Georgie. It was remarkable how a next-door neighbour who claimed to be nearly deaf could have such sensitive hearing.
Jimmy was still struggling. But then, without knowing why, he stopped moving for a split second. Suddenly, his arm scooped up underneath his sister’s body as fast as it would move. She lost her balance and had to release Jimmy’s head. But his arm kept going. Georgie flipped backwards into the air and landed on the bed with a splat, gawping straight up at the ceiling.
They were both stunned.
Joe Craig
An eleven-year-old boy discovers he has strange powers, and a future that holds mystery, adventure – and death!Bending his knees, Jimmy let go of the windowsill and slowly tipped backwards. Surely this is impossible, he thought, even as he could feel himself doing it. He pushed out with his legs and the thrust sent him flying backwards into the air… Then his fingers locked on to the cold wire of the fence, poised in a perfect handstand on the top.Who are the mysterious men chasing Jimmy across the city?Why are they after him?What are Jimmy's parents keeping from him and who can he trust?And how come he can suddenly do all this really cool stuff…?Find out in this electrifying debut novel from Joe Craig. Young, multitalented and brimming with ideas, this new HarperCollins author is destined to become a firm favourite with children everywhere.
Jimmy
Coates
Killer
Joe Craig
Table of Contents
Cover Page (#u53dbf819-26b0-5be1-9a10-1ef13d6c6258)
Title Page (#ubf377259-76f8-5c04-bd1c-e07f9cdb0990)
CHAPTER ONE – STRANGE TALENTS (#u77a917c7-edf9-5c8e-885e-34abaeaea6fe)
CHAPTER TWO – GREEN STRIPE (#u3d95d511-1e1b-52fe-9716-fef618df6010)
CHAPTER THREE – BOY AND A BAG (#ud3a2b4dd-b2c8-5e4b-8f8c-827fe185a559)
CHAPTER FOUR – NEVER ALONE (#u4605b7c7-2b5d-544b-b8b5-871fbda58674)
CHAPTER FIVE – FACE OF A FOE (#u526ec962-d62f-5b07-b7d8-749899b47676)
CHAPTER SIX – IN HIDING (#ue40ead1f-1834-5f51-9f2d-70510de21d49)
CHAPTER SEVEN – RAID (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER EIGHT – NEVER SAFE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER NINE – TIME TO FLY (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TEN – DROWNING TWICE (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER ELEVEN – 38 PERCENT (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TWELVE – A LESSON IN FOOTWEAR (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER THIRTEEN – MIND THE GRP (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FOURTEEN – IZGARU (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER FIFTEEN – SAFFRON WALDEN (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER SIXTEEN – BASHED UP BENTLEY (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN – BAD CITIZENS (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN – INTO THE DARK (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER NINETEEN – WELCOME BACK (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TWENTY – FINAL OFFER (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER TWENTY ONE – EXILE (#litres_trial_promo)
Acknowledgments (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)
Also by Joe Craig (#litres_trial_promo)
Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER ONE – STRANGE TALENTS (#ulink_70768bea-b3f6-5f4a-aced-e320c8fb28d2)
JIMMY KNEW WHAT was coming, but he was too late to dodge out of the way. Georgie pounced on him and they both landed with a thump on the bed. She moved quickly, and easily locked her arm round Jimmy’s neck. Then she dug her knuckles into the top of his head, kneeling over him. Not again, Jimmy thought. All these years he had never been able to escape his sister’s hold.
“Looks like I’m still bigger than you!” Georgie jeered. It was true–Jimmy was waiting for a growth spurt. But he never gave in easily.
“I don’t care! Get out my room!” he roared.
“I need your computer.”
She released him and took a seat at Jimmy’s desk. Then she asked as casually as she could, “Is Westminster Bridge actually part of Westminster, or does it just go to Westminster?”
“Find a tramp at Westminster Bridge,” Jimmy suggested, a huge smile on his face. “He’d tell you. And he’d probably smell like you too; you could be really good friends.”
“That’s it–you’re done for.” She was at him again. This time she pinned him down even harder and pulled his hair. Even though he knew she was just messing around, it still hurt.
“Mum!” Jimmy cried.
“I’m not doing anything!” Georgie shouted in response.
Jimmy flapped his arms about and slapped his sister on the back a couple of times, but it didn’t do any good. Then they heard the familiar pounding on the wall from next door, followed by their father shouting up the stairs.
“Keep it down. You’re disturbing Mr Higgins.”
“I hate that old weirdo,” muttered Georgie. It was remarkable how a next-door neighbour who claimed to be nearly deaf could have such sensitive hearing.
Jimmy was still struggling. But then, without knowing why, he stopped moving for a split second. Suddenly, his arm scooped up underneath his sister’s body as fast as it would move. She lost her balance and had to release Jimmy’s head. But his arm kept going. Georgie flipped backwards into the air and landed on the bed with a splat, gawping straight up at the ceiling.
They were both stunned.
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