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Escott, John.

The day of the Jackal / Frederick Forsyth ; retold by John Escott. - Harlow : Pearson Education, 2008. - vii, 106 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. - Penguin readers, level 4 . - Penguin readers. Level 4. .

A secret organisation plans to kill the French president, General de Gaulle. Their leader, Colonel Marc Rodin, decides to hire a professional, someone that the French police do not know. He and his men choose 'the Jackal'. It is the job of police detective Claude Lebel to stop him.

ISBN: 9781405882101 (pbk.) 1405882107 (pbk.)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970 --Assassination attempts--Juvenile fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Readers.
Assassins--Juvenile fiction.
Police--France--Juvenile fiction.
Suspense fiction--Juvenile fiction.

LC Class. No.: PE1128.E736 / D396 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 428.64