Sharp Shot (Junior Library Guild Selection (G.P. Putnam)) [Hardcover]

Jack Higgins (Author), Justin Richards (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 17, 2009 | Series: Junior Library Guild Selection (G.P. Putnam)

author Jack Higgins' Chance twins are back in action!

Rich and Jade Chance are once again on the run - but this time, trouble finds them while their father is away on his own mission. After a breathless chase through an amusement park, Jade is taken hostage by a man from Chance's past who is plotting a dastardly political coup in the Middle East with nuclear weapons as a threat. Worse still, the President of the United States is on his way to the region for a summit meeting. It will take all of the Chance family's wits and skills to find the bomb and defuse the threat - and time is running out.

Executed to perfection, this gripping adventure featuring two regular teens is a seamless addition to Higgins' masterful young adult series.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 6–9—Returning to action, Jade and Rich Chance are on a nonstop thrill ride centered around Middle Eastern politics. Left home alone while their father, a British secret agent, is off on a mission, the twins are attacked and must flee with someone whom they believe to be one of their dad's old colleagues. Unfortunately, they don't realize their mistake until it is too late, and, though Rich escapes, Jade becomes a hostage. Readers discover that one of John Chance's comrades has gone rogue and is involved in a plot to overthrow the planned democracy in a small country, East Araby, by setting off a small nuclear bomb and assassinating the current king. Mark Darrow has no problem killing innocent people, threatening teenagers, or destroying property to get his hands on a statue concealing the necessary ingredient to create the bomb. The Chance family, along with the SAS and other agents, manage to prevent the worst possible outcome and rescue the country from the evil Crown Prince Ali's schemes. Starting with a gunfight and resultant car chase, followed by a mad escape through a theme park, including a chase over the top of moving roller-coaster trains and a dash through the Haunted House, leading to desperate treks in the Middle Eastern deserts, this book will draw even reluctant readers in with ease. Readers do not need to be familiar with the first two volumes to enjoy this one.—Jessica Miller, New Britain Public Library, CT
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From Booklist

This third all-action caper (following Sure Fire, 2007, and Death Run, 2008) starring the resourceful twin children of Special Agent John Chance features a wild car chase through the British countryside; a cat-and-mouse pursuit in an amusement park’s haunted house; a surreptitious expedition to a hidden nuclear lab in a (fictional) Middle Eastern country; kidnapping; murder; a planned coup; a plot to assassinate the President of the U.S.; and plenty of plot twists to boot. Higgins and Richards have crafted another page-turner punctuated with gunfire and highlighted by heroism and explosions. Grades 5-8. --John Peters

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Putnam Juvenile (September 17, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0399252398
• ISBN-13: 978-0399252396
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #882,804 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Modern Day Hardy Boys, July 28, 2010

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J. Larson (Riverside,CA) - See all my reviews
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This book was excellent. Well written, fast moving, and exciting. They remind me of modrn day Hardy boys and the old Bobsy Twins (since they are twins)I am 65 years old a a fan of Jack Higgins. I read it to be sure it was OK for my 12 year old granddaughter. They are definitely youth friendly. I found the entire series exciting to read.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally!, April 9, 2011

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Kathleen Simmons (Dayton, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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I bought this book initially because it's written by Jack Higgins - and he's a favorite of mine - not realizing it was a book for younger readers.

I've tried for countless years to find a book my son would love. Getting him to read for pleasure had been a complete and utter failure. He reads well, but with great reluctance.

I gave him this book one day to take to school for their DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) day. His comment when he came home? "Reading rocks!" It took everything I had not to drop to my knees and sing Hallelujah!

Now he has all the Chance twins books and is also into the Alex Rider series. And I'm looking for more books like this to keep him reading.

I'd tell all parents who have trouble getting their kids to read, just keep plugging away. You simply may not have found the right one yet.

Thanks, Jack Higgins, for co-writing the book my child would want to read. MORE, MORE, MORE!!

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SHARP SHOT JACK HIGGINS, February 24, 2010

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FAST SHIPPING GREAT CONDITION. HAVE NOT READ YET BUT HAVE ALL HIGGINS BOOKS AND EXPECT THE BEST.