THE BOOKS

Odyssey

One Small Step For Man...One Quantum Leap For Mankind

Dr. Sam Beckett Leaps and finds himself standing togaclad, lightning bolt in hand. But this is not Ancient Rome. It is a small town in upstate New York, January 21, 1983. Sam has Leaped into twelve-year-old Sean O'Connor in a school competition. But this is no ordinary school. And Sean is no ordinary boy.

Sean O'Connor is participating in a gifted student's competition called Olympics of the Mind which is about to be cancelled by the State. It is a loss that will have drastic implications for all the young students involved.

The situation is grim. Sean is the child of a divorced alcoholic mother. The other students also come from very unstable family backgrounds. Their very futures are at risk. What can Sam do? Who will listen to a twelve-year-old boy? Can the program be saved? Time is slowly running out...

My Two Cents...

Truth be told, I don't really remember this book. I do remember that there's a nice twist at the end of it, but not enough to make an opinion about it that will be fair to this book.

But hey, I don't remember it as a bad book - so that's something

--osnat