Genre: Middle Reader Fiction - SciFi
My Rating: 7/10
Simon Bloom has never been too extraordinary before ~ he's just a normal 11 year old. But that all changes one day when he gets smacked in the head by a mysterious book. Soon, Simon begins to realize that his hometown isn't a quiet and peaceful as he had thought. The book that found Simon is actually a very unusual Teacher's Edition of what appears to be a Physics text book. At first, Simon is frustrated by the difficult equations and passages inside... but then he begins to realize that the book can provide him with 'spells' to allow him to defy physics. He takes a quick flight in his bedroom and gets stuck on the ceiling, then he starts to realize that he can other things as well - he can slide across the ground as though he was skating on ice, and can even make himself so heavy that he can't move at all. His friend Owen starts to learn how to control physics as well and the 2 boys begin to realize how much they can really do.
Meanwhile, an incredibly evil woman who is aware of the power of Teacher's Editions, such as the one Simon has found, is plotting how to steal it from him so that she can become more powerful. Simon and Owen soon find themselves in the middle of quite a mess as others appear and attempt to take the book as well. Simon and Owen have to decide who can be trusted and who to destroy before it's too late.
I really liked the way The Narrator occasionally jumps in to the story to add his own comments and tease the reader with little hints as to what's to come. It gets even more interesting when Simon and Owen stumble upon a door that actually leads them to The Narrator... and they learn that they've been watched the whole time!
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