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The Jacob Ladder

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This book is a wonderful for adolescents and teens. There is a lot of Jamaican Patois in it but it comes with a dialect glossary (clever). Having read this book a few times with groups of students, I want to point out that although the locale of the story is not in America, the issues that Tall T faces hit close to home for many of them. They could easily identify with this character.

It's quite enchanting.

The Jacob Ladder is a touching story about real life challenges, resilience and hope. It shows how optimism, love and honest truth can conquer every challenge you face in life, whether small or large. Tall T is a heartwarming character, one that anyone can be inspired by. This is a great message for young ones and adults alike. The book takes place in the Jamaican countryside, a magical, exotic and mysterious setting that exposes kids to another culture, while simultaneously showing that some things, like families, are similar no matter where you go.

The Jacob Ladder is a very good book; the book has feelings, with some happiness to it. This book is very amazing because it would amaze any body that reads the book. You could feel what's going on and what's going to happen in the book.

This book is about a kid name Jacob, he feels scared some of the times, he doesn't know why, but he does what he is suppose to do for himself. Jacob has very strong feelings for himself and for others too. He has a religious where he goes and sings and play instruments, he likes music and a very good boy. Jacob is scared to break the holy - spirit because he doesn't know what's going to happen to him.

One favorite part about The Jacob Ladder, is when Jacob goes up a rock mountain and almost falls down to the ground. But he didn't give up for himself because he knew someone was going to come. Then his friend came to help him up, that was real friendship, because they were best friends they had to help each other.

The Jacob Ladder, is a really good book because it's really about his religious, he cares about himself and family. Jacob is a good boy and likes helping people, he likes hearing music and playing instruments and he works very hard to get what he wants.

I liked this book because I liked the way they made Jacob to be very strong and very thoughtful of what he was doing. I wouldn't change much but it would be better if they would add a little of more adventure. The people that would want to read this book would be the people that would be that don't have strong feelings or any other kind of people.