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Synopsis
Since he drowned, Henry has remained isolated 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? 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.
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Website: http://jumpwhenready.blogspot.co.nz/
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