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The Jump by Brittney Morris
4.0
adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes


THE JUMP
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Four teens join together to participate in a digital scavenger hunt across Seattle as Team JERICHO.  Each of them is diverse and has their own strengths: Jax- cryptologist, Yas- a Parkour expert, Spider- a hacker, and Han- a cartographer… no gps here. They’re Black, Muslim-Pakistani, trans, sapphic, autistic with selective mutism, (and a nonbinary parent). 
A vigilante group called The Order 👁️ creates a puzzle with promises of a huge reward. The teens see this as their chance to save their community and fight back against the oil refinery that is planning to build and puts them all in danger. There isn’t a choice, is there?? 
This is a FAST moving, action-packed book. The clues were really fun and SO clever!! I love puzzles so this was my favorite part. Because it was so fast paced and there was so much happening I do wish there was more book though. 250 pages seemed a little short. It will be a great read for MG. My son would’ve absolutely enjoyed this book at that age. In fact it gave me an excuse to message him and chat. He said it sounded cool and it’s kinda like ARG (Alternative Reality Games). I asked if that was like geocaching and he basically said mom, go read a book 😹… any chance to talk to them when they leave the nest, right? 

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Thank you to @booksparks and @brittneymmorris for including me on this book tour and for the #gifted copy.