bonniel ([personal profile] bonniel) wrote in [community profile] findthatbook2017-08-10 07:41 pm

Young adult novel

This is my first request so I hope I'm doing it right!

Maybe about 8-10 years ago I read a YA novel about a boy who, after being threatened by his alcoholic father, found he could "jump" to the public library - his safe place. With practice he found he could go anywhere he had been before. He uses his gift to help others, including saving people in a hijacked plane. He had a cave he had fitted out with everything needed & (of course) met a girl.

Does this sound familiar to anyone?
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[personal profile] starfleetbrat 2017-08-11 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds like Jumper by Steven Gould.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumper_(novel)
Edited 2017-08-11 03:19 (UTC)
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[personal profile] archangelbeth 2017-08-11 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
Agreed! (Got that book because it had one of the few Bujold "I rec this book" cover quotes, IIRC.)