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Thursday, May 12, 2011

Book Review- The Pull Of Gravity

Published by Farrar Straus Giroux
Released on May 10th, 2011
Source- ARC from publisher for review
3 stars- It's A Good Read

While Nick Gardner’s family is falling apart, his best friend, Scooter, is dying from a freak disease. The Scoot’s final wish is that Nick and their quirky classmate, Jaycee Amato, deliver a prized first-edition copy of Of Mice and Men to the Scoot’s father. There’s just one problem: the Scoot’s father walked out years ago and hasn’t been heard from since. So, guided by Steinbeck’s life lessons, and with only the vaguest of plans, Nick and Jaycee set off to find him.

Characters you’ll want to become friends with and a narrative voice that sparkles with wit make this a truly original coming-of-age story (quoted from Goodreads).


The Pull of Gravity is a realistic portrayal of how unpredictable life is, family dynamics, and friendship. Nick Gardner's life is not at all what he expected. His best friend and next door neighbor Scooter has a genetic defect that's killing him and his servery depressed, overweight dad is breaking his family apart.

I loved getting to know Scooter who often times quotes Star Wars, what fan doesn't love that. Scooter seemed like a old man trapped inside a teenagers body. He was also the anchor Nick needed, but Nick learns a lot more about himself when he fulfills Scooter's dying wish. He and Jaycee embark on trip to find the dad who ran out on Scooter years ago to give him back a first edition of "Mice and Men".

Scooter, Nick, and Jaycee are all realistically portrayed and relatable, as they all come from different home lives and each of their problems they're learning to accept and deal with. It wasn't hard for me to feel very sympathetic to them and get caught up in the emotional side of their problems. The mama in me wanted to hug each of them and tell them to not give up. The Pull of Gravity is a good read, and one I think many readers will enjoy and will be able to related to in some way. There's humor, grief and the realistic topics of death, love, life, illness and broken families that will capture some readers attentions one way or another.

4 comments:

  1. We're about 30% of the way through PULL OF GRAVITY right now! The Scoot is definitely our fave part so far.

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  2. I really need to pick this one up! Nick quoting Star Wars makes me all the more eager to read it too. Thanks for the review.

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  3. Nikki- The Star Wars quotes are the best!!

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