has to decide who to believe: this amazing guy whom she trusts with her life-or the cops, who want her to believe that he may take her life. And then the cops show up with an arrest warrant. Not only are they climbing in awesomely beautiful national parks like Yosemite but they seem awesomely made for one another. 22 cm ISBN: 9780670011858 (hardcover) 0670011851 (hardcover) Subject(s): Runaways - Juvenile fiction | Rock climbing - Juvenile fiction | Interpersonal relations - Juvenile fiction | Runaways - Fiction | Rock climbing - Fiction | Interpersonal relations - Fiction | Trust in teenage girls - Fiction | Trust - Fiction | Runaway teenagers - Fiction | Teenage mental patients - Fiction | Teenage boy/girl relations - Fiction | Teenage girls - Fiction | Teenage boys - Fiction | Multiple narrators - Fiction | First person narratives - Fiction | Realistic fiction | West (United States) - Fiction DDC classification: LOC classification: PZ7.C1865 | Ju 2010 Summary: A totally wild, crazy jump from a restrictive life with her family into a life of total adventure-rock-climbing out west with a guy she barely knows. By: Carbone, Elisa Lynn Material type: Text Publication details: New York : Viking, 2010 Description: 258 p. An incisive reflection on endurance, independence, belonging, self-knowledge, and love, this story should find a wide audience. Jump by Elisa Carbone 21 Kindle 799 Available instantly Ages: 12 years and up Other formats: Hardcover, Paperback Heroes of the Surf by Elisa Carbone and Nancy Carpenter 12 Hardcover 2862 3.99 delivery May 9 - 15 Or fastest delivery May 4 - 8 Only 15 left in stock - order soon. logical, relatable coping mechanisms ( You re scared of the future. The allegedly unbalanced Critter takes serenity to new heights as he shares with P.K.

Yet the narrators psychological explorations are as exhilarating as their physical exploits. A totally wild, crazy jump from a restrictive life with her family into a life of total adventurerock-climbing out west with a guy she barely knows. Chapters range from a few sentences to a few pages, and the descriptions of the pair s climbs are riveting especially a treacherous scramble up a cliff with police in pursuit. The teens hitchhike to Las Vegas and jump at the chance to make the first-ever ascent of a steep rock face. runs away to avoid being shipped to boarding school, and gentle-natured Critter, who has the ability to see colors that indicate people s emotions (for reasons he keeps to himself for some time), escapes from a psychiatric hospital. Told through the alternating present-tense perspectives of two runaways who connect through their love of rock climbing, Carbone s (Blood on the River) picaresque novel is equal parts entertaining and provocative.