Joe Craig
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Many students are coming to realize that traditional four-year colleges do not necessarily lead to gainful employment after graduation and, therefore, do not always make good financial sense. Vocational and technical education, on the other hand, provides practical skills training, real-world experience, professional certification and contacts, and a direct pathway to jobs and careers. Readers are introduced to the exciting and enriching learning...
2) Survival
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Sometimes truth means destruction Jimmy has survived the explosion of Neptune's Shadow, the second largest oil rig in the world. NJ7 still thinks he died in New York-although Miss Bennett, the agency's cruel and calculating director, will leave no stone unturned in searching for his body. Now France and England are on the brink of war, and Jimmy is partly responsible. The simplest way to settle the conflict would be to admit he caused the explosion....
3) Sabotage
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Betrayal is explosive Shot down, stranded, and assumed dead, Jimmy faces his greatest struggle yet. The CIA spy plane that was supposed to carry him to safety is in flames, along with vital intelligence about secret missiles. The truth survives only in Jimmy's head. He must get back to warn the CIA-if he can survive long enough. Unsure of whom to trust, Jimmy is worried that his human side is slipping away. Should he let the programing take over?...
4) Assassin
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Meet Jimmy-not your average kid, not your average assassin Some days are normal, and other days you realize you can handle more than you thought. But when Jimmy Coates wakes to find he can outrun, outjump, and outfight anyone-even the men in black suits that are after him-he knows this kind of overnight change doesn't happen to normal people. And as it turns out, Jimmy isn't normal at all. Now he's on the run from men with mysterious green stripes...
5) Power
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Some people will do anything for power-and Jimmy will do anything to stop them Jimmy is ready to tell the world the truth-about the government, his role in the bombing, and his own genetic alteration. But it may be too much knowledge for people to handle. Still, his country is under attack, his body is poisoned, and time is running out. Jimmy needs to fight back with all the assassin skills he has without becoming the killer he was trained to be....
6) Revenge
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His enemy will always find him-even inside his head Each day, the programming grows stronger and Jimmy Coates is one step closer to becoming a killer. He has run out of places to hide from NJ7, the British intelligence agency that engineered him to be an assassin. Jimmy and his friends escape to Chinatown in New York City. But after arriving, Jimmy begins experiencing something new-headaches accompanied by flashing images. Could he be seeing visions...
7) Target
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The secret is out and the hunt is on In the nonstop sequel to Jimmy Coates: Assassin, eleven-year-old Jimmy is in hiding from NJ7, the British intelligence agency that designed and programmed him to be a superassassin. The agency has plans for Jimmy-but, regardless of his programming, he's determined not to become a killer. If he won't cooperate, he has to run. But escaping just got harder-there's another teenage assassin out to find him. This boy...
8) Blackout
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Deeper, darker, deadlier Jimmy Coates can trust only one person to keep the country from falling into chaos-the man he was first sent to kill. But he is nowhere to be found. And the British government will stop at nothing to prevent the opposition from winning the upcoming election. With the help of his friend Eva, who is working deep undercover at NJ7, Jimmy must steer his country in the fight against the dictatorship.
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
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Eleven-year-old Jimmy Coates is in France with friends and family, hiding from NJ7, the British secret intelligence agency that designed and programmed him, when he learns that there is another genetically-programmed assassin--a new enemy whose mission is to return Jimmy to London.