ASIN: B003LBRJRM
Publisher: Clearwater Publishing Company Inc
Pages: 294
Humorous contemporary fiction. In the tradition of Huck Finn, a big hearted but uneducated 28 year old narrator (nicknamed 'Jumper') tells of his adventures protecting Holly (a nurse who lives downstairs in his building) from a dangerous gang ("the Bones"). This involves some detective work, which Jumper is familiar with because he watches TV. Someone like Jumper might describe the book like this: If you hate bad grammar, this ain't the book for you. Jumper writes like he talks.The Bones have knives and guns, but Jumper is smart with duct tape. Plus, his hobby is jumping off of things, like garages and trees, which surprises you if you ain't expecting a guy to jump off the garage at you. He also likes to draw, and gives art therapy lessons to a little girl in the hospital with cancer. When it looks like the Bones want to hurt her, that's about the last straw for Jumper. A guy can only ...
