Title: Jumped
Author: Rita Williams-Garcia
Series: None
Release Date: March 2009
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Age Group: Young Adult
Pages: 169
Format: Hardcover
Source: Library
SYNOPSIS – (From Goodreads)
Acclaimed author Rita Williams-Garcia gives readers an intimate, gritty portrayal of three very different teens on the day when everything collides.
Trina: “Hey,” I say, though I don’t really know them. It’s okay if they don’t speak. I know how it is. They can’t all be Trina.
Dominique: Some stupid little flit cuts right between us and is like, “Hey.” I slam my fist into my other hand because she’s as good as jumped.
Leticia: Girl fights are ugly. Girl fights are personal. And who’s to say I wasn’t seeing it from the wrong angle?
THOUGHTS
I have to say that I wasn’t really sure what to expect with Jumped. It was pretty interesting, the story line had caught my eye, but the whole book just seemed to drag.
Each girl who is telling the story is all different; they go to the same school, but they don’t hang out or talk to each other. I really liked this part, each perspective was nice to read about.
The one thing I didn’t seem to enjoy was how long it took me to finish the book. Jumped is under two hundred pages but it took me to finish this in about two days. All 169 pages is one day! Things didn’t get interesting until the third quarter of the book.
I honestly didn’t dislike the book entirely, but Jumped had it’s good qualities. The actual story line, the different characters and their perspectives were what brings me to a solid three stars. I think everyone should give Jumped a try!
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