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September 15, 2014

Returning to the world of his popular novel Jumper (last seen in 2013's Impulse), Gould again bridges teen and adult audiences for the story of Cent, who comes from a family of teleporters being sought by the government.

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September 1, 2014
Gould's Jumper (1992) launched a series of novels about a family whose members have the rare ability to teleport themselves from one place to another. Here, Cent, the teenage daughter of the original novel's lead character, is having a hard time bearing up under the pressure of keeping her gift a secret, especially since there are a lot of people (including the mysterious Daarkon Group, a carryover from previous books) who would do pretty much anything to exploit it. She wants to be a normal teenager with the normal problems, but she's too smart to imagine she can ever lead a regular life. The question is, What is she prepared to risk in order to live the kind of life her special gift opens up for her? Like its predecessors, the novel straddles the line between YA and adult fiction; its lead character is a teen, but the story has many adult-themed elements, and its writing seems geared more toward older readers. Those unfamiliar with the earlier books might feel a bit lost, but fans of the series should give it this one an enthusiastic response.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2014, American Library Association.)