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2 1 y separately published work icon Shockwave Jack Heath , New York (City) : Union Square Kids , 2021 9419241 2016 single work children's fiction children's

'Will you survive or will you die? You are swimming through the ocean, trying to escape dangerous mercenaries who have planted a bomb on the mainland. Behind you, getting closer, is the largest shark you've ever seen. An explosion rips out from the shoreline and a massive wave flings you closer to the stunned shark's open mouth. You don't have much time, and you need to get to land. Do you keep swimming or do you climb onto the shark's back to ride to shore? Thirty minutes. Thirty paths. Can you choose the path to survive?' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon 500 Minutes of Danger Jack Heath , New York (City) : Union Square Kids , 2021 11548688 2017 selected work short story young adult adventure

'Bobby wakes up somewhere dark, enclosed. Has he been buried alive? Ella's trapped in quicksand. Will she escape before one of the jungle predators finds her? Kelsey's found a giant crocodile that's about to attack the city...' (Publication Summary)

2 2 y separately published work icon 400 Minutes of Danger Jack Heath , New York (City) : Union Square Kids , 2020 9466258 2016 selected work short story

'Brad has fallen into the lion enclosure, and the big cats are hungry! Charith takes the wheel of an out of control bus after an explosion. Iresha hears strange noises . . . from beneath the seabed. Daniel crawls into a waste crusher after a building collapse–and then it gets switched on. Tak's class goes on excursion to an army base and now an experimental military robot is hunting them.

'Jack Heath’s ten more nail-bitingly dangerous short stories will fascinate and terrify during each full 40-minute count down, as the dangerous situations play out right down to the last crucial moment. Who will live and who will die? ' (Publication summary)

3 2 y separately published work icon 300 Minutes of Danger Jack Heath , New York (City) : Union Square Kids , 2020 9059059 2015 selected work short story children's thriller

'George is trapped in a falling aeroplane with no engine and no pilot. Milla is covered with radioactive waste and her hazard suit is running out of air. Otto is in the darkest depths of the ocean, where something hungry is circling . . . 10 dangerous situations. 10 brave kids. 30 minutes to escape. ' (Publication summary)

5 2 y separately published work icon Bullet Train Disaster Jack Heath , New York (City) : Union Square Kids , 2020 8933088 2016 single work children's fiction children's

'You are strapped tightly into your seat on the bullet train. The mountain track is so steep, the aisle is a staircase. As the train accelerates at top speed, a passenger slips out of his seat and begins to fall to the back of the train. He will probably die. Do you unstrap yourself to save him, or do you stay in your seat?

'Countdown the minutes in Jack Heath’s terrifying story of your survival — or your demise! You decide.' (Publication summary)

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