“Eddleman brings a strong sense of atmosphere to this post-apocalyptic coming-of-age piece, and the underlying message-that it’s possible to contribute in unexpected ways-is a positive one. “Eddleman brings a strong sense of atmosphere to this post-apocalyptic coming-of-age piece, and the underlying message-that it’s possible to contribute in unexpected ways-is a positive one.” - Publishers Weekly Now Hope and her friends Aaren and Brock are only ones who can escape through the Bomb’s Breath.įor once, the daring and rebelliousness that usually get Hope into trouble might just save them all.Ī Texas Library Association’s Bluebonnet Award Selection Help lies in a neighboring town, but the bandits count everyone fourteen and older each hour. When bandits invade White Rock to steal its greatest invention-priceless antibiotics-the town is left with a heartbreaking choice: hand over the medicine and die from disease, or die fighting the bandits. She would much rather sneak off to cliff dive into the Bomb’s Breath, the deadly band of air that surrounds the town. But adventurous Hope is terrible at inventing. Twelve-year-old Hope lives in White Rock, a town of inventors struggling to recover from World War III. This time, Hope can't fail.In this thrilling sci-fi adventure, epic danger and impossible odds are no match for one girl's courage!
It's up to Hope and her friends, Brock and Aaron, to make the dangerous journey far from home across the bandit-ridden Forbidden Flats to the the wilds of the Rocky Mountains to try to obtain the one thing that may be able to stop it - before the Bomb's Breath sinks too far and destroys them all.
Only Hope has figured out a way to go through the it - and she's lived to tell the tale.īut a massive quake rips across the Earth, the Bomb's Breath begins to lower over White Rock. The citizens of White Rock live in fear of the Bomb's Breath.
Hope knows that the most dangerous thing about living in White Rock is that it's so close to the deadly Bomb's Breath - the invisible, 15-foot-thick band of air that's hovered over the Earth since the Green Bombs of the World War III. Preview: In this thrilling scifi adventure, epic danger and impossible odds are no match for one girls courage Twelveyearold Hope lives in White Rock, a town of inventors struggling to recover from World War III. Sometimes her risks pay off, but sometimes.they fail. Publisher Random House Books for Young Readers. She tries hard, but she doesn't always think before she acts. In Sky Jumpers, we meet 12-year-old Hope Toriella, a spunky, fearless girl living a surprisingly happy life in White Rock, Nebraska.
Twelve-year-old Hope has always felt a little different from everyone else who lives in White Rock. Book Review: Sky Jumpers by Peggy Eddleman If you’re looking for a middle grade novel with a strong female character and lots of action and adventure, look no further Sky Jumpers absolutely fits the bill.
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