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by Joe Craig (Author)
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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books (4 April 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007196857
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007196852
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 8,134 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Praise for Jimmy Coates: Revenge "Boys love this stuff, and so do girls. Jimmy is a pint-sized verision of Robocop or Terminator! Like Anthony Horowitz's splendid fantasies, [these novels] tap into almost everything a bolshy boy wants and feels. Immensely clever, immediately engaging, they will prepare a child for Orwell and Huxley." Amanda Craig, The Times "Fast-paced and intelligently written." The Bookseller "the sort of book to wow reluctant boy readers away from computer games and into the pages of a book." Books for Keeps "Joe Craig has produced another thrilling page-turner." Jewish Chronicle "A rollicking good spy romp." School House magazine. Praise for Jimmy Coates: Target "With cinematic skill, Craig unrolls a series of action-packed scenes, with a new crisis at every turn of the page. It's gripping, but not mindless" Angela Kilverstein Praise for Jimmy Coates: Killer "!a totally excellent adventure -- a lit bit Bond, a lit bit Matrix and a lot of what you've never read before. Someone make this into a movie!" Flipside "A gripping action-thriller that's packed with twists." Funday Times "The perfect primer to the Bourne series by Robert Ludlum." VOYA

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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.

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Thriller for all ages, 20 Jun 2006
Jimmy Coates is just sitting at home, minding his own business, when two big men in suits arrive at his house and tell his parents that they've "come for the boy".
So begins a gripping thriller that will inevitably be compared to the Alex Rider series and the Young Bond books. "Jimmy Coates: Killer" will definitely appeal to fans of those books, but if anything, it has an even greater sense of urgency. The mystery is as important as the action, and there is a genuine feeling of danger and paranoia surrounding the wonderfully created central character.
In fact, I was reminded more of Robert Ludlum (of "The Bourne Identity") than Anthony Horowitz, but either way, the book stands up some pretty high calibre comparisons.
It is a very inventive book, and at times it is also very funny, while always propelling the story onwards at a rollicking pace.
This is one that is too good to be left only to children. It's as well constructed and pacy as anything by Matthew Reilly, as gripping as Ludlum, and as inventive as Horowitz.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Jimmy Coates: Killer read!!!, 6 April 2005
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This is a fantastic MUST-READ new classic for all ages. Though it is supposedly targetted at early teens it made me, a grown man, tremble and gasp like a child. It is as tightly plotted an action thriller as you will find coming out of Hollywood, as well as being funny, charming and quintessentially British. I read it in a single day, I couldn't put it down! For anyone a bit sick of wizards and elves, this is a new breed of book for people who like their fiction dark, pacy and satisfying. The Ferrari of crossover fiction. READ IT OR DIE UNHAPPY!
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Jimmy Coates - Killer Read!, 22 Mar 2005
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I recently picked up a copy of this debut kids' book by new author Joe Craig. I love it!! It is, as warned on the cover, 100% compulsive, and I did experience some difficulty putting it down, so gripped was I by Jimmy's adventures, and by Joe Craig's eloquent, witty and often times touching prose. I have a feeling that lots of kids will find their parents sneaking off with their copy - it is that good... So now that Craig has solved my birthday gift conundrum for my young cousins this year, I am now hooked myself, an avid Jimmy Coates fan, already looking forward to his next adventure....
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5.0 out of 5 stars Best action series
I think this is the best series of action books out there because the thrills and chases are much more original than in Alex Rider or any of the others. Read more
Published 4 months ago by OJacks

4.0 out of 5 stars Book - used.
Arrived in good condition. Weather conditions (snow) contributed to slightly slower than usual delivery.
Published 4 months ago by J. F. Grassby-lewis

3.0 out of 5 stars Dissapointing first book
This book was dissapointing. I heard it was just as good as alex rider and cherub. It is not. It lacked a plot had mindless action chapters that should not have been there. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Debbie Hirsh

3.0 out of 5 stars Ok, Not as good as Jason Steed or Alex Rider
Dont get me wrong its a good book and I and my two teen boys like the Jimmy Coates books. BUT: If you have been ready Anthony Horowitz's book's Alex Rider or Jason Steed (Under a... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Carol Aldridge

3.0 out of 5 stars A great book, good story
A great read, for young adults and adults alike. At first I thought, is this just an Alex Rider copy?? Read more
Published 12 months ago by Ian Young

5.0 out of 5 stars More than an Alex Rider rip off.
Jimmy Coates: Killer and in fact, ALL of the Jimmy Coates series has something special. This isn't your simple teenage boy super spy hero boy. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Rachael Smith

5.0 out of 5 stars Book review for Jimmy Coates; Killer By Joe Craig
When I picked up "Jimmy Coates; Killer" in the bookshop, I was intrigued just by looking at the front cover. That is why I bought it. Read more
Published 14 months ago by A. Aggarwal

5.0 out of 5 stars fab
this book is a bit like the young bond series .its about a boy AND HE is onLY 65% HUMAN AND THE REST OF HIMIS IS like a computter/robot



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Published 22 months ago by rian339

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good, but maybe for a younger agegroup.
This book was very similar to the alex rider series, and was a very very very good read. I met the guy that wrote it, and he explained how he wrote it. What a legend! Read more
Published 24 months ago by Xx(~Greg~)xX

5.0 out of 5 stars A mix between the Percy Jackson books and the Alex Rider books: BRILLIANT!!
You should buy this book especially if you enjoy the Alex Rider books and the Percy Jackson book because this is a mix between the both of them. It is absolutely brilliant!! Read more
Published on 4 Jun 2007 by Darkmaster

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