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The Book Jumper Spiral-Bound | 2018-01-02

Mechthild Gläser

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A thrilling YA adventure about a fifteen-year-old girl with an unexpected ability--she can jump inside books and experience their stories firsthand.

Amy Lennox doesn't know quite what to expect when she and her mother pick up and leave Germany for Scotland, heading to her mother's childhood home of Lennox House on the island of Stormsay.

Amy's grandmother, Lady Mairead, insists that Amy must read while she resides at Lennox House--but not in the usual way. It turns out that Amy is a book jumper, able to leap into a story and interact with the world inside. As exciting as Amy's new power is, it also brings danger--someone is stealing from the books she visits, and that person may be after her life. Teaming up with fellow book jumper Will, Amy vows to get to the bottom of the thefts--at whatever cost.

Publisher: Macmillan
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 400 pages
ISBN-10: 125014423X
Item Weight: 0.8 lbs
Dimensions: 5.6 x 1.0 x 8.3 inches
The Book Jumper:

"The lore of the two families and German author Gläser's descriptions . . . are meticulous and moody, creating a gothic atmosphere that serves this star-crossed love story well. Meetings with book characters, like Kipling's Shere Khan and Dickens's Oliver Twist, offer entertaining moments that balance the grimmer elements of the story as it builds to a bittersweet ending." --Publishers Weekly

"With numerous references to classics, from The Jungle Book to Pride and Prejudice, the novel sparks curiosity about literature and, perhaps, will encourage teens to track down the works mentioned here." --School Library Journal










The Book Jumper German Edition:

"Suspense, action, love and humor: As a reader one wishes one could plunge into the world of books like Amy!" --Bookmark Magazine



"Exciting and imaginative, not just for young readers." --Andrea Wedan, Buchkultur

"Mechthild Gläser is bursting with ideas--this book is a firework." --Tanja Lindauer, Eselsohr

Mechthild Gläser was born in 1986 in Germany, where she is an award-winning author. The Book Jumper is Mechthild's first book to be translated into English. In her free time, she sometimes dances ballet--but only if no one is watching.