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Text to Text - Elevation

The book I have been reading since my last post is Elevation by Stephen King. Since my last reading a lot has happened. Scott Carey still has his disease and rapid weight loss and his friend Bob still can't find a name for this disease. As the days pass Scott is gradually losing more weight each day. In addition to this he finds that his body is still not shrinking and that he feels light but doesn't look that way. Along with this new lightness he finds he can jump very high and swing on tree branches and lights in his house, and he also has more energy. He ends up competing in a 12 k in his city to test his new abilities. Along with Scott, his neighbor Deidre whom he is still on bad terms with is competing along his side as she is a former Olympic runner. As they start the race he stays in the middle for the first 8 kilometers and then starts to speed up to the front with Deidre and they are neck and neck. For the last kilometer they both give it all they got to beat each other. Once almost at the end Deidre trips over her foot and falls. Scott instead of taking the victory goes back for her and when he touches her she feels this powerful unknown energy rush through her body and she is raised back to her feet and runs for the finish with Scott just behind her.

I can make a connection with Elevation to another book called Gwendy's Button Box also by Stephen King. I can make a connection because in both books the main characters Scott and Gwendy lose weight rapidly and feel healthier and better and feel like they can now take on more things in their live's.

While I was reading this book I began to think if I were Scott in the book I would've left Deidre on the ground and won the race. I would have left her on the ground up to this point she has been nothing but a jerk to Scott for no reason and doesn't have intentions to make things better between the two of them.

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