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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Parental discretion advised,
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This review is from: Come Sing, Jimmy Jo (A Puffin Novel) (Paperback)
Come Sing, Jimmy Jo deals with tough topics. Caution is advised when presenting this book to a child to read. The book offers innuendos that will be more understandable to adults than most children readers. These include an affair between his mother and her brother-in-law and a mother's jealousy of her son's success (more obvious to kids). But what will be most obvious to young readers is that James' daddy, who he idolizes, is not his father. This is revealed to him by a scary stranger who turns out to be his father.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent story!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Come Sing, Jimmy Jo (Hardcover)
"Come Sing, Jimmy Jo" was about an eleven year old star who sings with his family. I thought it was a really great book mainly because it was actually a fictional story and while reading it, it seemed very real to me. The author presented an amazing use of vocabulary in the book, also. I really enjoyed the way the book detailed greatly on the way James (Jimmy Jo) was feeling at certain times, such as his sense of stage fright and how angry he got when Keri Su and Earl stole his and his daddy's song. My favorite part would have to be when Eleazer Jones took him out in the boat. I thought it was a nice thing for him to do. I also enjoyed learning about the close relationship between Jame and his grandmother. All in all, it was a great book.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Come Sing, Jimmy Jo Johnshon,
By A Customer
This review is from: Come Sing, Jimmy Jo (A Puffin Novel) (Paperback)
Katherine Paterson's book, "Come Sing, Jimmy Jo" tells a wonderful story, and really brings the characters to life. In this novel there are many triumphs and truths to overcome for one small, eleven year old boy. Jimmy Jo Johnson is really, James Johnson, a boy who was raised on a farm in West Virginia by his grandmother. Here he develops a gift of music. At the age of eleven he is a wonderful singer and guitar player. His family is in the business of singing and because of him they get a chance to play for a TV show. After Jimmy Jo and his family find some sort of fame, things start to change. How his family members really feel about his success, and their singing careers. All in all, this book is a great book, which shows the true characters and feelings that often exist in family's who sing together. Jimmy Jo Johnson goes through a lot, with his mother, school, and when he finds out some interesting news. Jimmy Jo really finds out the people he can trust, and how life in the city really works. As his life changes, so does he, and along the way he discovers many things. I think his hidden friendship with Eleazer Jones is one of the best parts of this book. End the end things work out for him, the best they can when any family faces problems. So without trying to give the whole book away, this was a very good read, and the author did a wonderful job, showing the real-life of this boy and his singing family
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