false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624709m/64819.jpg 64819 5 Griffin has a secret. It's a secret that he's sworn to his parents to keep, and never tell. Griffin is a Jumper: a person who can teleport to any place he has ever been. The first time was when he was five, and his parents crossed an ocean to protect the secret. The most important time was when he was nine. That was the day that the men came to his house and murdered his parents. Griffin knows that the men were looking for him, and he must never let them find him. Griffin grows up with only two goals: to survive, and to kill the people who want him dead. And a Jumper bent on revenge is not going to let anything stand in his way. <i>Jumper</i>, based on Steven Gould's earlier novel of the same name, will be a major motion picture scheduled for release by 20th Century Fox starring Hayden Christensen, Jamie Bell and Samuel L. Jackson, and directed by Doug Limon. <i>Jumper: Griffin's Story</i> features the character played by Jamie Bell in the film. 1298023 21 8 2007 Jumper: Griffin's Story total:253|5:36|4:68|3:99|2:38|1:12| 253 837 421 59 3 3 false false Mon Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 27 11:28:21 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 19 11:14:31 -0700 2008
I picked this book up based off a recommendation on one of the YA book boards. The recomm...more...]]> 5 3 true false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 17:51:35 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 17:52:35 -0800 2008 Stephen Gould and so I was a little nervous about the upcoming movie adaptation (as was Gould himself last year). I mean, a bad movie doesn't actually hurt the books, of course, but you don't want something you like dissed by a terrible adaptation. So ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 12:06:26 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 12:10:44 -0700 2008
There's a little been of a feel of been-there from Jumper, what with Griffin in this s...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 20:59:21 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 21:10:16 -0800 2009
Griffin's character certainly takes on a much more developed and intricate background than even the movie's main character,...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 22:37:47 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 08:44:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 09 10:58:34 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 09 11:00:16 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 16:54:04 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 17:01:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 16:38:06 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 16:42:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 02 07:38:33 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 07:40:17 -0700 2009
This book focuses entirely on a side character that is in the movie. The main cha...more...]]> 1 0 true false Thu Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 05 05:45:53 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 05 05:54:13 -0700 2008
So what's good about it? It is a very fast read and entertaining. It's characters are 2½ dimensional, which is better than most science fiction. The plot is not entirely unbelievable.

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