Martin, Laura.
FLOAT
New York : Harper, 2018
IL 5-8
ISBN 9780062803764

2 booktalks

Booktalk #1

Imagine having “super” powers. But what if these powers are unpredictable? The "RISK" children have genetic mutations that set them apart from other children. Some can become invisible, some will float away if not tethered, some will spontaneously combust, some have xray vision, and some can time travel. Unfortunately, none of them have great control over their abilities. This summer these teenagers must attend the government run Camp O. No one is happy to be there, but then they discover how liberating it is to be just themselves with no “normals” around to tease them. They start to bond and help each other out, sharing their problems, finding real friends. Canoeing and Capture the Flag are great adventures that will make you laugh out loud! Then they discover one of their own is on a deadly mission. Now the Red Maple boys must find the true meaning of teamwork to save the others! (Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award 2019-2020)

Booktalk #2

Emerson is in for the summer of his life at Camp Outlier- if he survives the summer. Camp Outlier is a special camp for RISK {Reoccurring Incidents of the Strange Kind} kids. 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. (Sunshine State Young Readers Award Books 2020-2021)