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    Deadly Game: Losing is bad... but winning could be worse
    Deadly Game: Losing is bad... but winning could be worse
    Deadly Game: Losing is bad... but winning could be worse
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    Deadly Game: Losing is bad... but winning could be worse

    By Beth Chambers and Sean Longcroft

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    The sinister Prankster preys on 12-year-olds in Scott's town. He challenges them to games, with their heart's desire if they win. None of them ever win. None of them ever come back.

    Scott accepts the Prankster's challenge in the hope of saving his sister's life. But as the game goes on he realises he's made a terrible mistake. Because losing is bad... but winning could be worse.

    Highly readable, exciting books that take the struggle out of reading, Wired Up encourages and supports reading practice by providing gripping, age-appropriate stories for struggling and reluctant readers or those with English as an additional language aged 11+, at a manageable length (80 pages) and reading level (9+). Produced in association with reading experts at CatchUp, a charity which aims to address underachievement caused by literacy and numeracy difficulties.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
    Release dateJun 4, 2015
    ISBN9781472909541
    Deadly Game: Losing is bad... but winning could be worse
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    Beth Chambers

    From a very young age Beth Chambers knew she wanted to be an author. She grew up in South Wales where, when she wasn't climbing trees and building dens, she could be found scribbling on pieces of paper. Some years later Beth has had just under thirty books published for children, all written under pseudonyms. When she can manage to tear herself away from her computer she assesses people for Specific Learning Difficulties at the University of Glamorgan in Wales close to where she lives. This is her second title for A & C Black.

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      Deadly Game - Beth Chambers

      Twelve

      Chapter One

      In my town, being twelve was like being in prison.

      I had been twelve for three hundred and sixty-three days, ten hours, fourteen minutes and nine seconds. In two days I’d be thirteen.

      I couldn’t wait.

      From the moment I had reached my twelfth birthday, I was watched all the time. I couldn’t even go to the toilet without being watched. Okay, maybe it wasn’t quite that bad. But trust me, if you were twelve, Redrock was the worst place to live in.

      It was a miracle I had got out on my own that day. My parents thought I was with my friend, Jack. They didn’t know that his parents had taken him to London for his birthday. He was going to be twelve the very next day.

      I had told my parents that Jack and his mum were waiting for me at the end of our drive. I felt bad for lying. But I had to get out. I just wanted to be on my own for a bit. I had been watched every minute for almost a year. I knew how a prisoner must feel. It meant you never had your own space. You were never alone

      Now, I had to hurry back. The quickest way back home was through the churchyard. I didn’t want to go in, but I had no choice.

      I walked past rows of crumbling gravestones. At the other end of the graveyard I reached The Wall.

      The Wall was made from smooth white stones. It looked out of place in the old graveyard with its old grey church. Half of the stones had writing carved on them. The other half were bare.

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