Jumped
In this 2009 National Book Award finalist, Rita Williams-Garcia proves that she has an "uncanny abilityto project unique voices" (Publishers Weekly). Jumped is told in alternating points of view between three girls as they struggle to make tough choices when they become involved in a fight at...
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In this 2009 National Book Award finalist, Rita Williams-Garcia proves that she has an "uncanny abilityto project unique voices" (Publishers Weekly). Jumped is told in alternating points of view between three girls as they struggle to make tough choices when they become involved in a fight at their urban high school."So well observed that the characters seem to leap off thepage ..."—Publishers Weekly
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780060760915 (0060760915)
Publish date: February 24th 2009
Publisher: Amistad
Pages no: 169
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Teen,
Urban Fantasy,
Academic,
School,
Cultural,
Realistic Fiction,
African American,
Contemporary,
Sports,
High School,
Basketball
Though this is an award-winner with many accolades, the story didn't really move me. I can see this working well for the right population (teens in urban settings with lower reader fluency), though. The author does a good job of portraying each character's personality and motivations (three alternat...
This book sounds like an after-school special: tough basketball girl wants to beat up fluffy clueless girl and only spoiled self-absorbed girl can stop it, if only she's brave enough. Outdated, right?Wrong!This book is really about identity and perception. We have Dominique, the girl jock who believ...
I am disappointed. It's a very well-written book, and it's clear that the author has done her homework, but... it's missing good characters. Though they were detailed and distinct, not a single one was likable. Maybe that was the point, whatever, it left me feeling rather bored and uninvolved with t...
I picked this book up because it's one of the 2009 National Book Award Finalists in Young People's Literature. Jumped is written in three different characters' first-person points-of-view in alternating chapters. Dominique is a basketball player, angry because one grade from last year is keeping h...
The majority of 'Jumped' is told over the course of one day in an inner-city high school. Through alternating chapters in the voices of three teenage girls - Trina, bouncy, confident, and artistic; Dominique, an angry basketball player; and Leticia, gossipy and afraid - the story of an average day b...
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