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Middle Grade Fiction

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300 Minutes of Danger Bullet Train Disaster
(Countdown to Disaster 1) (Choose Your Destiny! 1)
by Jack Heath by Jack Heath
Ten stories. Ten life-or-death situations. Thirty dangerous paths. Thirty minutes to figure
Ten brave kids. And each hero has only 30 out how to escape. THE CHOICE IS YOURS!
minutes to escape. What would you do? Will you survive? A countdown clock on each
A new death-defying series written by an page tells you how much time you have left.
in internationally bestselling author.
magine: you’re strapped tightly into your seat on a brand-new
eorge is trapped in a falling airplane with no engine and no Ibullet train that’s about to ascend the mountain for the very
Gpilot. Milla is covered in radioactive waste—and her hazmat first time. The slope is so steep that the aisle is actually a staircase.
suit is running out of air. Otto is in the darkest depths of the Something doesn’t feel right to you. And then, as the train accel-
ocean, where something hungry is circling. How will they save erates, a passenger slips out of his seatbelt and falls towards the
themselves? This collection of ten linked short stories with a twist back of the train. At the very least, he’ll be seriously injured; he
will thrill and terrify kids. Each nail-bitingly dangerous drama, may even die. What do you do? Every decision leads you deeper
set in the near future, takes 30 minutes to play out—and you get into danger . . . and possibly to your death. Start the clock: because
to read it in real time!* you’ve got 30 options to choose from—and 30 minutes to make it
*Based on average reading speed to safety. What a cool adventure!

JACK HEATH is the internationally bestselling author of more
than 25 action-packed books for kids. He lives in Australia,
and can be found online at jackheath.com.au and on Twitter
@JackHeathWriter.

APRIL 2020 APRIL 2020
ISBN 9781454931416 • $7.95 ($10.95 CAN) • PB • 192 PP • 5 1/2 × 8 1/4 ISBN 9781454938446 • $7.95 PB • 144 PP • 5 1/2 × 8 1/4 • Ages 8 to 12
Ages 8 to 12 • CQ 60 • US/Can • Sterling Children’s Books CQ 60 • US Only • Sterling Children’s Books

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