Cam is a New York City bike messenger with no family and some dangerous debts. While on a job a chance meeting with the mysterious Nikki sends him head first into the intense world of parkour. Cam joins the group of underground teens who have turned New York City into their own personal playground- running, jumping and flying through the city like an urban obstacle course. The group offer Cam the chance to make some extra money... and the opportunity to earn some cash, and being close to Nikki, makes it impossible to say no. But Nikki is entangled with the brazen leader, and when the stakes become life-or-death, Cam is torn between following his heart and sacrificing everything to pay off his debts.

 

 

There are 288 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2015 by Scholastic .

J. J. Howard is the author of That Time I Joined the Circus , Sit, Stay, Love , and Pugs and Kisses . She graduated from Dickinson College with a BA in English and Tiffin University with an MH in Humanities. She lives in Florida, and has been some of her students' favorite English teacher for quite a few years (she even has a mug somewhere to prove it). Contact her at jjhowardbooks. com.