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Crossing Jordan

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I read this book, I loved it. My great aunt wrote it, so we have all her other books. I think this is great for people who want a good book to settle into. It is very bittersweet, and the characters are loveable and funny. This book is great!

This is one of the best books I have ever read!! It is about a girl named Cass living in Tallahase, Florida. When a African American family moves in next door, Cass' father builds a fence to separate the families since his family is white. Cass becomes friends with Jemmie, the new girl. This is a story about how Cass and her new friend Jemmie become friends, run races and ultimately make their families see that the color of their skin shouldn't affect their relationship's.

In the book Crossing Jordan, an Afriacan American family moves next to a white family. The white family are racists and build a fence to avoid them. The white family has a daughter named Cassie and she looks through a knothole at the family as they move in. The other families daughter, Jemmie, sees her and Cassie challenges her to race at a nearby track. They quickly become friends and relize that they have a lot in common. Their families find out that they are friends, but that is not going to stop them. They make thier families realize that it doesn't matter what color you are, we are all the same. In the end the families are friends and have dinners together occasionally.

In the book Crossing Jordan, an Afriacan American family moves next to a white family. The white family are racists and build a fence to avoid them. The white family has a daughter named Cassie and she looks through a knothole at the family as they move in. The other families daughter, Jemmie, sees her and Cassie challenges her to race at a nearby track. They quickly become friends and relize that they have a lot in common. Their families find out that they are friends, but that is not going to stop them. They make thier families realize that it doesn't matter what color you are, we are all the same. In the end the families are friends and have dinners together occasionally.

I am 7 now, but when I read this book I was only 6. Crossing Jordan is a very serious and sad book. Whenever I think of the book I always smile. It made me want to read Jane Eyre because the characters in the book were reading that and really liked it. This book is about two girls who are very fast runners. One is white and one is black. Their parents don't want them to be together, but they disobey them. This book was so exciting, that I could hardly sit still when I read it. I think you will love this book too.

In many ways Crossing Jordan is one of the best books I have ever read. The plot was great, it really shows how hard it used to be for black Americans. At first the white girl, Cass doesn't know how to act when a black family moves in next door. She doesn't like them at first, since her dad doesn't. After awhile the black girl, Jemmie and Cass became friends and struggle to keep their friedship even though their parents don't like each other. This book is a lot like Burning Up. Both books are about the seperation between blacks and whites, and the struggle the blacks had. I recommened this book for everyone to read.

What a fine book Fogelin has written! The author's sensitive protrayal of two friends, one white, one African American, and the barriers they break though, despite what the adults in their lives want them to accept, is inspiring. Fogelin doesn't paint either main character---or her family---as completely without fault in this story about the impact that a tradition of racist attitudes has on two young adolescents. Both families carry hurtful attitudes, but the girls transcend those limiting attitudes. Another positive feature that is almost unique to this short novel is Fogelin presents the female protagonists as competitive athletes who love to run; portrayals of female athletes as leading characters are rare in books for young people.

I enjoyed this book because it was adventurous. This book was about two girls who are of different races and are neighbors. The girls, Cass and Jemmie, eventually become friends in secret. Both of their parents find out about their friendship and disapprove.

Near the end of the book the girls run a race together for Sicle Cell Anemia. They are " Chocolate Milk" ,a team. At the end of the race Jemmie falls. Cass tries to help her but Jemmie says go on. But Cass doesn't. She says we are a team Chocolate Milk and they finish the race together. Everyone cheered them on as they crossed the finish line.

At the end of the book the girls had accomplished running a race, reading a long book called Jane Erye, and brought their familes together for a delicious dinner.

If you are looking for a real outstanding book you should read Crossing Jordan. I think that it is a really good book. It is sad, it has racism, and it is mysterious. You would also like this because there is a lot of action in it. The book starts off with Cass being bored and no one to play with. Her father has also built a fence between her house, and the new neighbor's house.Then she sees out the window someone is moving in next door. Cass saw that there was a girl that looked just like her age, and she was African American. She went to meet her and her name was Jemmie. They became best friends. They are both really good runners. They run so fast. A day after they started to read a book called Jane Eyre. They both loved that book. . Two weeks later Jemmie and Cass were going to run in a really long race. Cass and Jemmie are a team in the race and they call themselves chocolate milk. . You have to read this book to see what happens to the race and see who wins.

This is an inspiring novel in which two young female athletes end their families' traditions of racisim and practices of prejudice. Cassie, who is white, and Jemmie, who is African American, are talented runners who compete with each other on the track, but who support each other through their families' objections to their growing friendship. Fogelin never preches at her readers, but makes her point clear: racism and prejudices can be passed on through generations, as surely as genes for eye color, and it takes strength of character to break the cycle. The female protagonists in this lovely short novel demonstrate the necessary strength, as athletes and as human beings.