Simon Bloom, The Gravity Keeper by Michael Reisman details the life of Simon Bloom, who finds an amazing Teacher's Edition of Physics which allows him to control some parts of physics. He has to protect the Teacher's Edition from falling into the wrong hands - but who are the wrong hands?
This book breaks the fourth wall by having an actual character called the Narrator. The characters visit the Narrator and watch their story play out in real time. I found this fascinating. Not many stories that I've read have pulled this off. In fact . . . I think the only other story which has broken the fourth wall is the sequel to this book, Simon Bloom: The Octopus Effect.
Stars: 8
Violence: 8. As the kids fight using physics formulae, there is quite a lot of slamming people with cars, melting asphalt, setting clothes on fire, and slightly nauseous flying. It's not graphic (no gaping wounds or anything) but with a sufficiently active imagination, this book could be quite disturbing. Alternatively, it could be full of cool fight scenes. It isn't really . . . after a while the ordinary fights get monotonous, even with all the action.
Romance: 0. It's a kids' book.
Language: I don't remember any serious breaches of propriety as to the language . . . I think it should be fine.
Appropriate for: older kids
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