Millie and Davy continue to see each other and begin to fall in love. The two officially start a romantic relationship and make love. Feeling bad for Davy, Millie invites him to stay the night at her place. Davy later visits her in Oklahoma, and they attend a party, where he accidentally runs into Millie's ex-boyfriend, Mark, who tries to fight him, forcing David to jump Mark away, unnoticed. He then begins a life of reading, attending plays, and dining in fancy restaurants.Īt a play, he meets a 21-year-old woman named Millie Harrison, and they spend some time touring New York before she returns to college in Stillwater, Oklahoma. After being mugged and discovering that he can't get a job without a birth certificate and/or social security number, Davy robs a local bank by teleporting inside the safe, stealing nearly a million dollars. Vowing never to return to his father's house, Davy makes his way to New York City. The origin of this power is never explained, but he ends up using this power continually throughout the novel. This is a place that Davy is familiar with and spends a lot of time in, which is why he was able to easily teleport there. One evening, while being physically abused by his father, David "Davy" Rice unexpectedly teleports (or "jumps") and finds himself in the local library, the Stanville Library.
As he tries to make his way in the world, he searches for his mother (who left when he was a child), develops a relationship with a woman from whom he keeps his ability secret, and is eventually brought into conflict with several antagonists.
It tells the story of David, a teenager who escapes an abusive household using his ability to teleport. The novel was published in mass market paperback in October 1993 and re‑released in February 2008 to coincide with the release of the film adaptation. Jumper is a 1992 science fiction novel by Steven Gould.
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