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Get ready to run . . . an edge-of-your-seat thriller with bite from international bestselling author Linwood Barclay, in his first novel for 9-12 year olds.
Chipper is a very special dog. As part of a top-secret, multi-million dollar experiment to create the ultimate canine spy technology, Chipper's whole life has been spent within the walls of a secret organization known only as The Institute. Chipper is supposed to be more machine than mutt, but something's wrong and The Institute knows it. He's about to be terminated.
Across the state, twelve-year-old orphan Jeff Conway is working all hours at his aunt Flo's lakeside cabin business. He misses his parents, his old life, and the dog he had to leave behind.
When Chipper escapes and his and Jeff's paths collide, dog and boy find themselves tangled up in the most dangerous game of chase imaginable...
Winner of the Arthur Ellis award for Best Kid's Crime Novel
Danger, secrets and thrilling suspense in Linwood Barclay's action-packed first novel for children.
Read an Extract from Chase by Linwood Barclay
Chipper bounded down the stairs into the underground concourse, weaving his way between people coming out and going in. He ducked in front of a young man carrying a skateboard and zipped under the turnstiles.
Hey! someone yelled.
The dog kept going. Echoing from below, the whooshing sound of a train pulling out of the station. By the time Chipper arrived at the platform, the train was gone. He glanced left, at the southbound line, then right, at the northbound. He would take whatever train arrived first.
He regularly glanced back up the stairs, wondering if he had been followed. The White Coats wouldn't be able to keep up with him on foot. He ran too quickly for them. There was probably a team heading to The Institute's garage, where they kept a fleet of big, black SUVs.
The dog looked at the other people on the platform and sniffed, his nose overwhelmed with their smells and the scents of the subway itself. Oil and metal and soot and dirt. He figured if there were anyone down here from The Institute one of the actual White Coats, or the other ones who went around in dark suits he'd catch a whiff of them. The Institute had a bleachy, antiseptic aroma about it. Chipper had heard workers say they couldn't get the stink off them, even after they'd gone home.
The dog heard a distant rumbling.
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- Contributor: Linwood Barclay
- Imprint: Orion Children's Books
- ISBN13: 9781510102194
- Number of Pages: 256
- Packaged Dimensions: 128x196x24mm
- Packaged Weight: 227
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- Release Date: 2017-07-13
- Series: Chase
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Linwood Barclay is the international bestselling author of many critically acclaimed adult crime thrillers, including NO SAFE HOUSE, A TAP ON THE WINDOW, TRUST YOUR EYES and the Richard & Judy 2008 Summer Read winner and number one bestseller, NO TIME FOR GOODBYE. CHASE is his first book for children. He lives near Toronto with his wife. Visit his website at www.linwoodbarclay.com, or follow him on Twitter @linwood_barclay
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