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|title=Jimmy Coates: Revenge
|author=Joe Craig
|buy=Maybe
|borrow=Yes
|pages=320
|publisher=Harper Collins Children's Books
|date=2 Jan January 2007
|isbn=978-0007232857
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Jimmy Coates is only 38 percent human. The other 62 percent is "Earth's finest technological hardware". A cross between Jason Bourne and the Six Million Dollar Man, Jimmy has been bio-engineered by NR7, the British Secret Services. To them, he is simply a weapon. As Jimmy grows, so does his programming. By the time he turns 18, the transformation will be complete and Jimmy will have become a fully-fledged organic assassin and the lethal tool of an increasingly authoritarian British government.
Parents concerned about violence in children's books should know that there is a lot of it in Revenge, but nobody actually dies. Killing is presented as reprehensible and is never the only solution.
Thanks to Harper Collins for sending the book. We also have a review of [[Jimmy Coates: Survival by Joe Craig]].
A similarly faced-paced thriller for young action fans is [[Sure Fire]] by Jack Higgins.
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|name=johnresen
|verb=said
|comment= I think it was a fantastic book and can't wait to read the new one Sabotage
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|name=Ruqayyah.Hashmi
|verb=said
|comment= I don't think The Alex rider books are that bad. I have read all of the Alex rider books and i find them very interesting. I also think that Jimmy Coates is great though.
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{{comment
|name=Jill
|verb=replied
|comment= I think you are in the majority too - else the Alex Rider books wouldn't sell so well! I'm afraid he just makes me want to slap him.
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{{comment
|name=Nicole
|verb=Kimball
|comment= I can't wait to read it, I coudn't put the first two down. By the way Alex Rider isn't that bad, it might be slower to happen but he's pretty cool.
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