Jimmy Coates

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Jimmy Coates
Jimmy Coates: Killer
Jimmy Coates: Target
Jimmy Coates: Revenge
Jimmy Coates: Sabotage
Jimmy Coates: Survival
Jimmy Coates: Power
Jimmy Coates: Blackout
Jimmy Coates: Genesis (TBA)
Author Joe Craig
Country United Kingdom
Genre Thriller, Children's
Publisher HarperCollins
Media typePrint (Paperback)

Jimmy Coates is a series of children's books written by the English author Joe Craig. [1] The books have been published in many countries around the world and will be widely available in the United States for the first time in 2013.

Contents

The books are mostly set in the fictional dictatorship of the "Neo-Democratic State of Great Britain".

Series

NumberTitlePublisherDate Published (UK)ISBN
1 Jimmy Coates: Killer (USA: Jimmy Coates: Assassin?) [2] HarperCollins Children's BooksMarch 2005 ISBN   0-00-719685-7
2Jimmy Coates: Target [2] HarperCollins Children's BooksMay 2006 ISBN   0-00-719686-5
3Jimmy Coates: Revenge [2] HarperCollins Children's BooksJanuary 2007 ISBN   0-00-723285-3
4Jimmy Coates: Sabotage [2] HarperCollins Children's BooksOctober 2007 ISBN   0-00-723286-1
5Jimmy Coates: Survival [2] HarperCollins Children's BooksApril 2008 ISBN   0-00-727099-2
6Jimmy Coates: Power [2] HarperCollins Children's BooksOctober 2008 ISBN   978-0007277308
7Jimmy Coates: Blackout [2] HarperCollins Children's BooksJune 2013 ISBN   978-0007524327
8Jimmy Coates: Genesis [2] HarperCollins Children's BooksTBA

Characters

Protagonists

Antagonists

USA release

Shortly after the UK publication, Craig's first book was released in the United States under the title Jimmy Coates: Assassin but withdrawn shortly afterwards. During its short release, it was selected for, among others, the Lone Star reading list in Texas [3] and the New York Public Libraries 'Books for the Teen Age' list. [4]

The whole series was released for the first time in the USA across 2014 and 2015 by Open Road Media.

Critical reception

The books received a variety of reviews, all positive. The Independent described the first book as

"Few books have the power to drag young boys away from their Xbox or Wii but I've seen the Jimmy Coates series in action – Super Mario is no match for this schoolboy assassin." [1]

It was described by School Library Association as

"Packed full of shocks and surprises, high-octane action sequences, constant dangers and near-miss escapes from death, this is an at-a-sitting read for Bond and Rider fans everywhere. With bags of film potential..." [1]

It was a finalist for the 2006 Manchester Book Award, and won the Bolton Children's Book Award 2006.

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References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Craig, Joe. "Jimmy Coates". freewebs.com. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Craig, Joe. "The Series". freewebs.com. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  3. Lone Star 2006-2007.pdf
  4. http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/bta2006.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]