Overview
What if you could jump? Go anywhere in the world in the blink of an eye? What would you do? Where would you go?
What if you were only five years old?
Griffin O’Connor jumped for the first time in front of a busload of tourists in Oxford; there was no hope of keeping his ability a secret. He was hunted from that day, on the run with his family, and then without them. His only hope is to stay alive and free until he can become the hunter himself.
ANYWHERE IS POSSIBLE
Jumper is a major motion picture from 20th Century Fox/New Regency Productions, starring Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Diane Lane, and Jamie Bell.
Synopsis
What if you could jump? Go anywhere in the world in the blink of an eye? What would you do? Where would you go?
What if you were only five years old?
Griffin O’Connor jumped for the first time in front of a busload of tourists in Oxford; there was no hope of keeping his ability a secret. He was hunted from that day, on the run with his family, and then without them. His only hope is to stay alive and free until he can become the hunter himself.
ANYWHERE IS POSSIBLE
Jumper is a major motion picture from 20th Century Fox/New Regency Productions, starring Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Diane Lane, and Jamie Bell.
KLIATT
To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2007: This is part of a series featuring teleportation, with the others being Jumper and Reflex. This one is a perfect YA selection, with Griffin the main character, first a boy and then a teenager. Again, it's a British author who is adept at writing a suspenseful story for teenagers. The story begins with the murders of Griffin's parents. Griffin, only nine years old, is there to see the horror. He knows they died because of the evil men chasing him, Griff. Why? Because Griff can jump. This means he can teleport himself to any place he has been to before, that exists in his memory. He doesn't alter time. These men are trying to kill him, but he doesn't know who they are, only that he has to stay away from them. They drove Griff and his parents out of England, their home. Griff's intelligence and courage help him to survive all through the ten years of this story. He has an impenetrable home in a cave in a southwestern desert, but he can jump at will to Mexico where a family has sheltered him, to London where he studies martial arts and makes a friend, to France where he sketches and meets a girl. The plot is ingenious, really; it's fast and smart. Gould writes in such a way that the reader really cares about Griff and the people he loves. This should appeal even to reluctant readers. There is some obscenity and Griff's relationship with his girlfriend involves sex; it's all believable in the context of the story. Exceptionally suspenseful science fiction. Reviewer: Claire Rosser
Editorials
From the Publisher
“The theme of Steven Gould’s Jumper is, quite literally, escape. The first half of Jumper has a charm and bounce that carry the reader past the implausibilities inherent in the premise—imagine a Holden Caulfield with the power of life or death over the jerks and phonies.” —The New York Times Book Review“Gould proves once again that in the hands of a wonderful, perceptive writer, there is no such thing as an old idea. What sets Jumper apart from other novels that dip back into the well of the masters is that Gould brings his own keen empathy and rigorous intelligence to the story.....This is a book that you won’t want to miss. It reminded me of why I first came to love science fiction, and yet I didn’t have to be twelve again to have a great time reading it.” —Orson Scott Card