Summary
Fair Lawn isn't exactly around the corner from Mars, Vulcan or Darth Vader's Death Star, but that didn't stop author Michael Reisman from incorporating a thinly disguised version of his hometown into his science fiction novel (and soon-to-be movie) "Simon Bloom, the Gravity Keeper" (Dutton Juvenile, $15.99).
"I call it Lawnville," says Reisman, a former Record delivery boy who now lives in Los Angeles and turns 36 this year. "And I didn't stop there. I grew up on John Street, and my character lives on Jerome Street. After school I used to go with my friends to Ness pizzeria. For the book, I changed it to Nezzo."See the full content of this document
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Book's Setting Is a Sci-Fi Fair Lawn
Even the name of his grade school H.B. Milnes Elementary pops up in the text.
Aimed at tweens (although many of their parents are finding it hard to put the book down), Reisman's debut novel concerns an 11- year-ol...See the full content of this document
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