Passionate Plea Fiction

I most passionately plea that you read and vote for Jumper, by Steven Gould. Each page that you turn, will only pique your interest to read the next one. Gould’s narrative keeps you guessing, and raising the stakes ever higher. As Davy gains control over his powers, his challenges become greater. He first escapes from his father’s abuse and from being raped by truckers by teleporting accidently. But as he learns to control his powers, he escapes from police detection, robs a bank and eludes detection for a time. At this point his biggest risk is his girlfriend or the police discovering his ability. During this time, he is also growing from a young man to full self sufficiency as he consciously decides to stop relying on his father’s support (Davy uses his power to facilitate food theft) and hack it on his own.

After a family catastrophe, Davy trains to develop his powers to take on terrorists, but as he becomes a nigh unstoppable force for vengeance, the NSA begins to hunt him down. As this part of his growth unfurls, his girlfriend is held hostage to ensure his compliance. In the midst of all of these breathtaking events, Davy struggles to find his identity and independence. He searches for maturity, and struggles with his morality.

Jumper is as much about Davy’s growing up, and leaving the shadow of his abusive past as it is about his ability to teleport. Jumper hits the highest amount of developmental flags of all the books I’ve read this semester. It’s also got the protagonist going against steep odds, and a large sense of uncertainty. Read Jumper, you won’t regret it.