Shinoy and the Chaos Crew: The Day of the Time Tunnels

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The Day of the

TIME TUNNELS

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Location:

Stuck in a traffic jam, but not for long...

Operative: Super smooth Merit Mission:

Get out of the jam as quickly as possible. Watch out for Time Boulders!

Browse the complete Collins catalogue at

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An adventure story 9 780008 399078 www.collins.co.uk/collinsbigcat

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Written by Chris Callaghan Illustrated by Amit Tayal

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Shinoy and the Chaos Crew When Shinoy downloads the Chaos Crew app on his phone, a glitch in the system gives him the power to summon his TV heroes into his world.

With the team on board, Shinoy can figure out what dastardly plans the red-eyed S.N.A.I.R., a Super Nasty Artificial Intelligent Robot, has come up with, and save the day.

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There was traffic in front, traffic behind ... traffic everywhere. None of it was moving.

Mum rested her head on the steering wheel.

Drumbeats from Myra’s headphones were getting on Shinoy’s nerves. Dad’s snoring wasn’t helping either. Only Milo was enjoying himself, bouncing around the back seat.

Shinoy had been excited to go camping, especially as it got him out of tidying his room, but that feeling had disappeared hours ago.

“I don’t suppose anyone knows a secret short cut?” joked Mum.

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If only we could use the Time Tunnels, Shinoy thought. Now who could help with that?

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There was a flash of light as Shinoy pressed the Chaos Crew app on his phone.

“Call to Action, Chaos Crew!”

A head appeared behind the back seat among the camping gear.

“Not much room in here, amigos!” said Merit.

“Not now there isn’t,” groaned Myra.

“Hey there, Brain Box,” said Merit, smiling at Myra. Shinoy was sure his teeth twinkled.

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Merit made himself comfy.

“Where are we heading?”

“Nowhere –” said Shinoy, “that’s the problem. Can you take us through the Time Tunnels?”

Merit looked doubtful.

“They’re only to be used in drastic situations.”

He glanced outside and saw the dreary faces of people trapped inside their unmoving cars.

“I guess this is pretty drastic.”

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Merit whipped out a Chaos Crew Map Screen.

“You know how to use a Map Screen, don’t you?” he asked Shinoy.

“Well, I am on level 58 on Chaos Crew: Portals of Doom.”

“I’ll take that as a ‘yes’,” Merit grinned.

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Merit clambered into the front seat, pulling Shinoy with him. “We’ll take the controls!”

“Why don’t you use the Chaos Crew Map Screen?” Myra asked Merit.

Merit flexed his muscles. “I need to keep an eye on the ship ... make sure it doesn’t disintegrate.”

A swirling, whirling portal spun into sight.

Shinoy looked at Merit. “What do you mean ‘disintegrate’?”

“Just steer the ship –” said Merit, “the portal will do the rest.”

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“It’s a car, not a spaceship –” corrected Dad, “a Classic Relic 500 and it has … whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”

The Relic 500 shot like a rocket into the portal.

Multi-coloured streams of light whooshed past the windows.

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The Day of the

TIME TUNNELS

f the o y a The D

S L E N E TUN

TIM

Location:

Stuck in a traffic jam, but not for long...

Operative: Super smooth Merit Mission:

Get out of the jam as quickly as possible. Watch out for Time Boulders!

Browse the complete Collins catalogue at

www.collins.co.uk ISBN 978-0-00-839907-8

An adventure story 9 780008 399078 www.collins.co.uk/collinsbigcat

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Chris Callaghan Amit Tayal

12/11/2020 05:56