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What can one group of friends do when all of humanity faces extinction? An asteroid is hurtling towards Earth. It will destroy everything on the planet. For Josh, Davina and Zack, it looks like they should be spending their final months just having fun. Because time is running out . Recently republished as a new edition, this book is one of the Shades 2.0 series. This book is perfect for reluctant teens who still want an exciting, unpatronising story that is relevant to their interests and concerns, but who don't want to read a longer novel. With a length of only 6,000 words, and filled with drama, this story will appeal to all reluctant teen readers.

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Publié par	Ransom Publishing Limited
Date de parution	01 octobre 2013
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781781274729
Langue	English

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For Faith Wallace
CONTENTS

Title Page Dedication 1 It’s Coming 2 A Cosmic Cannonball 3 NEO 2003 XF17 4 Poke it with a Stick 5 Death Star Set to Destroy Earth 6 The Hopes of the Human Race 7 Live or Die Author’s Note Are you a Maths Junkie? Copyright
ONE
It’s Coming
Josh wasn’t paying attention when he rammed the parked car. He should have seen it in plenty of time to drive safely round it, but he was staring up at the sky instead of keeping his eyes on the road. And Dave didn’t warn him because she had twisted round to watch some men smashing their way into an electrical shop.
Josh and Dave were also unlucky. Modern cars had collision avoidance systems, but the old one that they’d stolen didn’t. When Josh finally noticed the car in front of him, he was much too close to it. He stamped on the brake pedal and yanked on the steering wheel, but it was too late. There was the dreadful sound of crunching metal, as air bags blew up in front of them like giant balloons.
Josh’s head felt heavy as it rolled forward and then jolted back when the air bag punched him in the face. Like Dave, he felt shocked and winded. But both of them were okay. A car smash was nothing compared to the enormous crash that would happen in six months. A spot of joyriding and a couple of dents would soon be forgotten.
The first community police officer on the scene took one look at them, groaned and took out her hand-held computer.
‘I don’t suppose it’s any use asking for your driving licence or insurance. ID cards, please.’
‘I haven’t got it on me,’ Josh said, as if he’d used the line before.
‘Nor me,’ Dave chimed.
‘Mmm. Your names and addresses, then.’
‘Joshua Brindle.’ Then he dictated his address. He didn’t attempt to lie. There was no point.
The officer read the information that had come up on her screen.
‘It says here you’re fourteen.’
Josh nodded.
Then it was Dave’s turn to give her name.
At once, the puzzled officer interrupted.
‘Dave?’
‘It’s short for Davina.’
Josh smiled. Davina didn’t look like a Davina. She was one of the boys. She was a kick-boxing footballer. She didn’t look like a Dave either, but the name suited her more than Davina did. Josh knew that she preferred Dave because it annoyed her parents and confused just about everyone else.
Whenever Josh thought about girls – which he’d been doing a lot recently – he never thought about Dave. Somehow, she didn’t count. That was strange, because she was his best friend.
The officer’s partner had been talking quietly into his radio. He stepped forward and said, ‘This car was stolen about twenty minutes ago. Do you have anything to say about that?’
‘Not really,’ Josh replied, rubbing his neck where it was sore.
Down the road, a truckload of soldiers arrived to deal with the disturbance at the phone and computer shop.
The first officer asked, ‘Why aren’t you in school?’
‘No point,’ Josh replied. ‘A great big asteroid’s going to hit the Earth.’
Both of the officers laughed.
‘Yeah, yeah. You’ve been reading too many blogs. Rumours put about by cranks!’
‘No. It’s coming. And it’s going to kill us all.’
The woman shook her head.
‘Look. If everyone was about to be wiped off the face of the planet, don’t you think we would’ve been told? It’s a conspiracy theory.’
Her partner said, ‘When I was at school, the best I came up with was, “My dog ate my timetable, so I didn’t know where I was supposed to be”.