Raymond has been officially recognised by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission as the second youngest recorded fatality of the British service war dead.

Raymond, from Newport, was 14 years and 207 days old when he died - just five months after joining up. Raymond Victor Steed was a galley boy on a Merchant Navy ship when it was blown up after hitting a German mine off the African coast on 26 April, 1943. The fictional father of Jason Steed, Royal Navy officer Raymond Steed, was written as a tribute to a real-life British war hero. Cooper originally wrote Jason Steed as an action/adventure story for his son but, after self-publishing the book, he was 'stunned' at the positive reaction on the internet. The 214-page novel followed the life of British-born Jason Steed, from his tough babyhood to his adventures as an 11-year-old British Sea Cadet. The original version of Fledgling A Jason Steed Adventure ( ISBN-13: 9780741449344) was published in September 2008 by Infinity Publishing. Winner of Beverly Hills Book Awards Juvenile Fiction 2013 The book was also a finalist in the Young Adult Fiction category of the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.

The book 'narrowly beat' the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. In March 2009, Fledgling Jason Steed was voted the Top Young Adult Book for 2009 by. The firm is to repackage and republish the first book on September 1, 2010, and the sequel in 2011. Fledgling and its sequel, Jason Steed: Boudica, were sold to Chicago-based publishing company Sourcebooks in May 2009. The book, about an 11-year-old martial arts expert, is notable for originally being a self-published internet hit. He self-published Fledgling: Jason Steed and the novel has enjoyed huge success and a devoted following on the web.Fledgling Jason Steed, otherwise known as Fledgling: A Jason Steed Adventure, is the first novel in the Jason Steed young adult spy series by British author Mark A. When his 12-year-old son's grades improved after reading the Harry Potter series, Mark decided to encourage literacy with his own novel. Cooper was born in London and moved with his wife and son to the U.S. Most readers who love action and spy fiction will devour this dynamic book in a single sitting or two, otherwise they'll be in extreme agony waiting to see what happens next.- About the Author: The future of the world hangs in the balance.and Jason might be the only one who can save it.Ī coming of age heart wrenching story packed with laughs and fast paced action. But when a routine training exercise goes awry, Jason finds himself in the middle of a secret mission. He finds what he's looking for in the Sea Cadets-an elite group of British youngsters being groomed for lifelong service in the military. Jason Steed is looking for a place to call home.

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