Jumped

By: Rita Williams-Garcia

Narrated by: Shari Peele, Cherise Booth, Bianca Vasquez, Mark Turetsky

In this 2009 National Book Award finalist, Rita Williams-Garcia proves that she has an “uncanny ability to 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.

©2009 Rita Williams-Garcia (P)2010 Recorded Books, LLC

Critic reviews

“So well observed that the characters seem to leap off the page.” (Publishers Weekly)

"Leticia, a gossipy high-school student, knows that 'Girl fights are ugly. Girl fights are personal.' She says this after overhearing that Dominique, the tough-as-nails basketball player, is planning to beat up pink-clad fashion-plate Trina at 2:45….Bouncing between the three first-person accounts within the span of a single school day, Williams-Garcia makes the drama feel not only immediate but suffocatingly tense, as each tick of the clock speeds the three girls toward collision….Along the way, the characters’ disregard of such high-school stalwarts as A Separate Peace and Of Mice and Men subtly prepares the reader for the messy and gut-wrenching conclusion." (Booklist)

decent

The storys plot is one day extended into a whole book, there isint really any climax until the very end. The difference in characters are pretty good. Overall a decent read.

Typical teen violence book

I just didn’t like how I couldn’t understand what was going on. It was jumping povs left and right and I couldn’t understand. Also how it was just a typical teen violence book didn’t help.

Not Interested in Negativity

I'm not Interested in the negative language and negative tone. I'm looking for something more positive and bright.