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Cracker Jackson (Puffin Story Books)

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I read this as a class and at the end we all said "wow!"It is a great book about jackson, who is trying to help his ex-babysitter. It also has a lot of humor and auther's craft. It is a touching story with some funny moments too. I really like this book.

This book is by Betsy Byars. The main character is Cracker Jackson. His old babysitter is in trouble.Her husband is beating up on her. Alma his babysitter does not want to leave until Billy throws little Nicole their daughter into her crib. Then Cracker makes the biggest decision he'll ever make. He is going to drive Nicole and Alma to a place where someone will take care of them. Alma says she wants to go home before Billy finds out. I liked this book because it shows kids can help. I think the theme of this book is:sometimes a problem is too big to handle but you have to keep going and get help from someone who can handle it.

Cracker Jackson was a very good book. It explained the importance of telling someone about an abusive family. Cracker showed that he really cared about his baby-sitter to go through all the trouble of sneaking to her house and checking on her. I thought Cracker was smart for confronting an adult about the situation before the matters became worse. This book kept you on the edge of your seat wanting to know what happened next. I couldn't put the book down! This book shows you how Betsy Byars took a horrible situation and turned it into something special. The book teaches you that just by caring about someone you can save their life. After all the hard work Cracker has been through to help Alma has paid off and now Alma can forget about the past and go on to a bigger and better future.

The book I'm reviewing is CRACKER JACKSON by BETSY BYARS. I really liked this book a lot. It's exciting and fun, but also very sad.
The book it was so good that I want to buy my own copy, but it's really hard to get because it's pretty old. I didn't like the character of BILLY RAY. He hits his daughter NICOLE. Anyone who wants to read this book will enjoy it. I recommend this book

Cracker Jackson will make you hungry for more. I gave it four stars and three thumbs up. From Cracker driving the car, to Nicole in a coma, this book will make sure you never put it down. Even though Alma denies getting beat up by Billy-Ray, Cracker doesn't stop helping unless he knows she's safe. So, if your between the ages of ten and fourteen you will love this book. I liked this book because it gives alot of detail and clues. In this book, it delt with a possible real life situation. Also, it gave a vivid picture of what was going on. The dialoge they say brings you into the story. It's almost like you are a character in the book. So, if you are someone who is interested in cliff hangers and drama, then this is the book for you.

I just finished reading Cracker Jackson. I think it is a really good book. All kids should read it. The book talks about a husband beating up his wife. Cracker told her to leave him, but she said no. So Cracker tries to take Alma to Avondale to a clnic so she can get help. On the way to Avondale she said, "Take me back," so Cracker took her back. This book shows if someone is hurting you, you should tell someone or get help. If you see someone getting beaten up, you should go tell someone. By Daniel Pinon

Wow I just finished reading a book by Betsy Byars.The title of this book is Cracker Jackson.This story is abot a young boy who found out that the husband of his old babysitter Alma was beating up her and her baby Nicole.When his parents' found out what was going on they told Cracker to stay away from her house incase her husband also beat Cracker.
Cracker couldn't help seeing how Alma and Baby Nicle were doing.So oneday Cracker's mom invited Alma so she can see how Alma and baby Nicole, but Alma never came.Cracker's mom decided to go to Alma's house.When she got to Alma's house guess what she saw?If you want to see what happened read this book.I know that you will love reading this book.

Cracker Jackson will leave you hungry for more. I gave it four stars and three thumbs up. From Cracker driving the car, to Nicole in a coma, this book will make sure you never put it down. Even though Alma denies getting beat up by Billy-Ray, Cracker doesn't stop helping unless he knows she's safe. So, if your between the ages of ten and fourteen you will love this book. I liked this book because it gives alot of detail and clues. In this book, it delt with a possible real life situation. Also, it gave a vivid picture of what was going on. The dialoge they say brings you into the story. It's almost like you are a character in the book. So, if you are someone who is interested in cliff hangers and drama, then this is the book for you.

This is a great book. The main character, Jackson is a young boy. When he finds out his old baby sitter, Alma, is being physically and mentally abused by her husband, he tries to help her. His parents find out and tell him to stay away because Alma's husband might not think twice about hitting him.
If you want to read a sad story that has a great ending, you should read this book.

This book was written by Betsy Byars. She made some of her chapters of the book funny, nice and sad. At the start of the book, it was cool.But as it went on the book got sader. The sadest part of the book was when Alma said to Jackson that Billy Boy was beating her and even wrose hewas beating the baby too. Thats why I didn't like the middle ot the book. Because how could someone be so mean and hateful to hurt a baby. I mean a baby can't fight back. All and all it was a good book.