The Jacket

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Summary: The Jacket
Review: The Jacket by Andrew Clements
In this book Phil thinks he's prejudice. Phil took Daniel's jacket and probably wouldn't have taken the jacket if he was white. The main characters in this book are Phil, Daniel, Lucy and Daniel's mom. Daniel's mom had given a jacket to Lucy, which had once belonged to Phil. When Phil saw Daniel in school one day, wearing the jacket, he thought that Daniel had stolen it from his brother. Phil grabbed the jacket from him and they both got in trouble at the principal's office. Daniel was my favorite character because he he was ghetto (mean and tough) in the story.

I couldn't really relate to any of the characters in the story because I am not prejudice. I did like Daniel, though, beacuse he liked to play basketball and I always play basketball in the gym.

My favorite part in the book is when Phil got in a fight with Daniel and had to go to the principal's office. If I could change something in this book, I would have made Daniel have more money and live in a bigger house.

I would recommend this book to my younger brother and other kids in elementary school.

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Summary: The Jacket
Review: The thing I didn't like about the book The Jacket was that it didn't really have an ending.
The thing I did like about the book was the lesson of the story. The story is about prejudice.

The thing I think could have made the book better would be to of said whether or not Phil and Daniel became friends.
I thought the story was a little short to have explained the story so that you new what the problem was, the solution, and how it worked out.

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Summary: The Jacket
Review: This book has a wonderful plot and theme. It starts off with a white boy accusing an African-American boy of stealing his brother's jacket. The principal is then involved... after a talk in her office the African-American boy refuses to wear the jacket because he learns that it was given to him, he thinks that it was charity. Later, after much thought the white boy wonders whether or not he accused the boy just because he was black and whether or not he regards them as the same standard as other white kids. Do you?

This was a very interesting, thought-provoking book.

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Summary: The Jacket
Review: This book is written in a brisk style. The pace is quick and not heavy on detail. Instead Andrew Clements takes the time to let us into the mind of a young man struggling with his feelings. I really applaud Andrew Clements for taking on a sensitive issue.
This story gives a picture of a brief encounter between two young men Phil and Daniel. In this encounter Phil and Daniel squabble over the ownership of the jacket Daniel is wearing.
This event pushes Phil to really think about who he is and what his core beliefs are. You see, Daniel is an African American boy and Phil happens to be white. Phil begins to question if he is actually a predjudiced person.
Clements does a wonderful job of portraying Phil's questioning. He also touches on the way we are shaped by the views of a parents, whether we realize it or not! Clements also shows us that we can rise above the misconceptions and predjudices of our environment. Which to me, is the greatest message in this story.
I'm sure this story would challenge the thinking of late elementary students and middle school students. The copy I read has great discussion questions for literature groups.
I really enjoyed it... and I'm sure you would too!

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Summary: Tough Issues Handled in a Sensitive Manner
Review: This book is written in a brisk style. The pace is quick and not heavy on detail. Instead Andrew Clements takes the time to let us into the mind of a young man struggling with his feelings. I really applaud Andrew Clements for taking on a sensitive issue.
This story gives a picture of a brief encounter between two young men Phil and Daniel. In this encounter Phil and Daniel squabble over the ownership of the jacket Daniel is wearing.
This event pushes Phil to really think about who he is and what his core beliefs are. You see, Daniel is an African American boy and Phil happens to be white. Phil begins to question if he is actually a predjudiced person.
Clements does a wonderful job of portraying Phil's questioning. He also touches on the way we are shaped by the views of a parents, whether we realize it or not! Clements also shows us that we can rise above the misconceptions and predjudices of our environment. Which to me, is the greatest message in this story.
I'm sure this story would challenge the thinking of late elementary students and middle school students. The copy I read has great discussion questions for literature groups.
I really enjoyed it... and I'm sure you would too!