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    Run, Jimmy, Run
    Run, Jimmy, Run
    Run, Jimmy, Run
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    Run, Jimmy, Run

    By Malachy Doyle

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    Jimmy can't stand Dax's bullying any longer. He steals £150 from his father and runs away. But Dax is on the same train - and he sees the money. Now Jimmy and Dax are locked in a frantic chase. Can Jimmy run fast enough and far enough?

    Highly readable, exciting books that take the struggle out of reading, Wired 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 (64 pages) and reading level (8+). 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 dateFeb 2, 2012
    ISBN9781408165829
    Run, Jimmy, Run
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    Malachy Doyle

    MALACHY DOYLE worked in advertising and as a teacher for children with special educational needs before writing children's books. He is the author of more than seventy books for children. Malachy Doyle lives in Ireland on a tiny island off the coast of Donegal, where he works full-time as a children's author. Malachy's picture book Owen and the Mountain was a runner-up for the Children's Book Award. Malachy also writes award-winning fiction, including Georgie and Who Is Jesse Flood? www.malachydoyle.com

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      Book preview

      Run, Jimmy, Run - Malachy Doyle

      Running

      Chapter 1

      Do As You’re Told!

      Run!

      I turn and run.

      Stop! Don’t move!

      I stop dead. My feet stick to the floor, but I feel as if I’m falling.

      I don’t fall. Somehow I stop myself, just in time.

      Then a knife flies past, just in front of me. Just where I’d have been if I’d still been running.

      Run!

      I run again.

      Stop!

      I stop.

      Run! Stop! Run! Stop!

      I stop dead every time. I stop because knives are flying at me from the left and the right, from above me and below me.

      So I do as I’m told. Exactly as I’m told.

      I come to a door.

      You’re learning, Jimmy. Now go inside! I go in. It’s dark. I can just about see a light switch. I reach up…

      Aaahh!

      The light gives me an electric shock. I fall to the floor.

      No one told you to switch it on! The voice is all around me. Do as you’re told and nothing else! Now climb up the stairs!

      I climb all the way up, to the very top

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