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Jimmy Coates: Power
By (Author) Joe Craig
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
1st October 2008
United Kingdom
Primary and Secondary Educational
823.92
Paperback
288
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 19mm
200g
Sixth action-packed adventure for Jimmy Coates part boy, part weapon, totally deadly
Jimmy Coates seems like an ordinary boy, but hes not. Hes genetically engineered to grow into the perfect government assassin. Speed, strength and deadly instinct - its all in the blood. He has to fight not to kill, while his government fights to kill him.
Jimmys country is under attack. His body is poisoned. With time running out, he discovers what some people will do for power - and what he must do to stop them
Joe studied Philosophy at Cambridge University (Emmanuel College), graduating in 2002. While there he wrote and performed with the Cambridge Footlights and co-hosted a show on the University radio station. As well as being the author of the Jimmy Coates action-adventure series, he is a songwriter/musician. He has performed at various venues in London, and made a self-produced CD of his pop material. (You can hear the songs through his website.) In 1999 he won Most Promising Young Writer at the Vivian Ellis Prize for his first musical. In 2002 he wrote the music for 'Told You So', which ran in London over Christmas. It was a family show adapting Aesop's fables, co-written with acclaimed playwright John Finnemore. He has also written the music to several other shows which have run on the London and Edinburgh fringe. He coaches cricket at his local club (Brondesbury CC), where he runs the Under Elevens. They came second in the league this year - and had a lot of fun along the way. His other interests are - music, watching films, reading, collecting frogs, eating lunch, cooking, Aesop's fables, dancing Tango, playing poker, painting, eating Haribo Sweets, playing five-a-side football and cricket.