Bomb!
By (Author) Jim Eldridge
Illustrated by Dylan Gibson
HarperCollins Publishers
Barrington Stoke Ltd
1st September 2013
1st September 2013
New Second edition
United Kingdom
Young Adult
Fiction
823.914
Short-listed for Sheffield Children's Book Awards - Quick Reads 2012
Paperback
64
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 7mm
120g
Action packed countdown thriller. Rob's the army's youngest bomb disposal officer. And he's also the best. But when he's called in to school to defuse a bomb planted by terrorists he must recall some painful events from his past in order to make sure the bomb doesn't explode. The clock is ticking. Will he do it in time Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 9+
Jim Eldridge was a teacher before becoming a full-time writer - his writing credits include episodes for the seminal children's TV drama Grange Hill and the novelisation of Noel Clarke's Kidulthood and 4.3.2.1. He has also written for the My Story series for Scholastic and most recently Black Ops, a teen series for Egmont and The Malichea Quest for Bloomsbury.