Jump When Ready
Author: David Pandolfe
Genre: Fantasy
Release Date: April 2013
Buy Link: Amazon
Description:
Since he drowned, Henry
has remained with the same group of teenagers and he keeps wondering
why. After all, what could he possibly have in common with a
Mohawk-sporting punker from the 80s, a roller skater from the 70s with a
thing for kimonos, and an English "rocker" from the 60s? Add to that,
Henry can hear the other groups but he never sees them. Soon, Henry
learns that his new friends all possess unique skills for making
themselves noticed by the living. Is Henry’s group kept isolated because
of their abilities? If so, are they considered gifted or seen only as a
potential bad influence?Before Henry can reach any conclusions, he witnesses his sister being kidnapped. He knows who did it, where she’s being held and what will happen if the kidnappers don’t get what they want. As the police chase false leads, Henry comes to realize that he’s his sister’s only hope. But for Henry to even have a chance, he has to convince a group of teenagers that dead doesn’t mean helpless.
David Pandolfe has been a bartender in
Seattle, the front man for an alternative rock band in Los Angeles and a
college writing teacher in Richmond (among other things).
One day, it occurred to him that sometimes
these experiences felt like completely different lives altogether. Which
got him to writing Jump When Ready, a novel about of bunch of teenagers
trying to get over their past lives while getting ready to jump into
their next.
While he’s still writing about himself in
third person, David Pandolfe should probably mention that at one point
he received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing at Virginia
Commonwealth University. He has had short stories published
in Millennium and the Georgetown Review. Jump When Ready is his first YA
novel but he’s currently working on another, to be released in the fall
of 2013.
- 1 Winner will receive a Signed Copy of Jump When Ready+ Swag by David Pandolfe.
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- 1 Winner will receive a Signed Copy of Jump When Ready & $10 iTunes gift card by David Pandolfe.
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