Float by Laura Martin is about a boy named Emerson. Emerson is unusual because he floats into the air and he cannot control it, so he has to wear a heavy vest and shoes. Emerson's mom tells him he will have to spend the summer at with other kids with unusual abilities like invisibility and X-ray vision. At first, Emerson is angry, but at camp, he makes lots of new friends. But one day Emerson finds out that his friend Murphy, who time travels, will die at the end of the summer. Emerson and the other campers in his cabin try desperately to stop Murphy from dieing . What will Emerson do? To find out, read the book. I think Float teaches that friends are one of the best things. I like this book because it is humorous. I hope you will too.
Float
By Laura Martin
From the critically acclaimed author of the Edge of Extinction series comes this fast-paced, action-packed, and heartfelt adventure about a group of kids with uncontrollable abilities, perfect for fans of Gordon Korman, Lisa McMann, and Dan Gutman!
Emerson can float…he just can’t do it very well.
His uncontrollable floating is his RISK factor, which means that he deals with Reoccurring Incidents of the Strange Kind. The last place Emerson wants to be is at a government-mandated summer camp for RISK kids like him, so he’s shocked when he actually starts having fun at camp—and he even makes some new friends.
But it’s not all canoeing and capture the flag at Camp Outlier. The summer of fun takes a serious turn when Emerson and his friends discover that one of their own is hiding a deadly secret that puts all of their lives in danger.
It’s up to the Red Maple boys to save themselves—and everyone like them.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN-13: 9780062803764
ISBN-10: 006280376X
Published on 5/29/2018
Binding: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
Book Reviews (3)
I thought it would be a good book, but I'm rethinking even picking it up in the first place. You probably like it, but I now know that I do not like books like these. I'd rather stick to long books about realistic things with a twinge of fantasy. But I think that everybody else might like this book, so I'm not saying that you should not read it.
This is the best book I have ever read in my entire life! It is so Awesome! It's about kids with R.I.S.K. factors - Reocurring Incidents of the strange kind - that go to camp. The whole story revolves around this kid named Emerson. His factor is floating. He makes some cool friends and even a best friend... Hank. He's hilarious, and he turns invisible. Emerson and all of his friends suddenly have a problem, Murphy, their friend who time travels, went to the future and discovered he was gonna be dead before he returned to camp. They all work together to save him, and it goes on from there... :)