Jump

by Dr Elisa Carbone

• ISBN10: 0670011851
• ISBN13: 9780670011858
• Publish Date: 13 May 2010 (first published 1 May 2010)
• Publish Status: Remaindered
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Penguin Books Australia
• Imprint: Viking Children's Books
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 258
• Language: English

Reviews

[Joni Reads]

I didn't love it. The summary is a lot different than the actual book. P.K. already knows a lot about Critter's past BEFORE the police show up. She actually knows that the police might show up. He has warned her. So in my opinion, the summary is not very accurate and it is made to make the book much more dramatic.

At times the book was confusing. Critter rambles on and on about how everything is made up of energy and nothing is solid, not even our bodies. Kind of like in The Immortals series, by Alyson Noel, though in Jump it is explained much more complicated. I had a hard time keeping up and I found myself skimming through paragraph after paragraph to get to the story without all the energy theories and stuff going on.

The premise of the story, P.K. running away so she doesn't have to attend boarding school, Critter escaping the psych ward cause he doesn't belong there, was an ok one.
We didn't really get to know P.K. very well. Not much is revealed about her life and her friends before she runs away. All we really learn is that she rock climbs and that she has strict parents. And by the end of the book all we really know is that she rock climbs and that she has strict parents.

Do I recommend it? Not really. It was a fast read, but probably because I skipped a few paragraphs so I could just get to the point of the story. I wouldn't read it again. If the idea of energy and manifesting things intrigues you and you want to read about in a book that is not a fantasy or paranormal book, then maybe you will enjoy this though.