Jemmy [Mass Market Paperback]

Jon Hassler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 27, 1988

Since her Chippewa mother is dead, seventeen-year-old Jemmy's alcoholic father has insisted that she quit school to care for her younger siblings. But on her way home on her last day of school, she gets caught in a fierce snowstorm, and is rescued by Otis and Ann Chapman, who have moved to rural Minnesota from the city. Otis is a well-known painter, and he sees in Jemmy the model he needs to complete a mural of the Maiden of Eagle Rock. Jemmy soon finds that the Chapmans have rescued her in more ways than one...and that there's a whole world outside of her family's dreary existence, a world she can conquer, if only she has the courage to fight....

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Since her Chippewa mother is dead, seventeen-year-old Jemmy's alcoholic father has insisted that she quit school to care for her younger siblings. But on her way home on her last day of school, she gets caught in a fierce snowstorm, and is rescued by Otis and Ann Chapman, who have moved to rural Minnesota from the city. Otis is a well-known painter, and he sees in Jemmy the model he needs to complete a mural of the Maiden of Eagle Rock. Jemmy soon finds that the Chapmans have rescued her in more ways than one...and that there's a whole world outside of her family's dreary existence, a world she can conquer, if only she has the courage to fight....

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Fawcett (November 27, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0449703029
• ISBN-13: 978-0449703021
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,137,399 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An enjoyable book, June 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Jemmy (Mass Market Paperback)

I read this book because I am such a fan of Jon Hassler and have completed all his adult novels. Desperate for more of his writing, I read Jemmy. The previous reviewer summed it up much as I would. This book is strongest on character development and exploration of relationships among the characters. Readers who want plenty of action and a fast pace might be disappointed. But the book should appeal to readers who like thoughtful stories. The book is upbeat and positive, with clean language and a good message.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Chi of St. Louis Park, MN, September 28, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Jemmy (Mass Market Paperback)

It's a good book that shows that there are many values in life-you just have to find them. It also shows that you can accomplish many things-you just have to know how. Jon Hassler also uses the eagle as a metaphore of Jemmy-that she glides and soars through life. I recommend this book to many! It has a great storyline!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Half breed girl, March 1, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Jemmy (Hardcover)

A 16 year old half American half Native American girl named Jemmy strives to find friends in a mostly white school. Along with trying to help support her brother and sister with her dad. Her father asks her to quit school so she can work around the house, do all the shopping, and try to get a job. So she does end up quitting. She ends up getting a job as a model for a painter. She is the model of a Native American girl who commits suicide because her heart has been broken. She goes to these nice peoples house every Saturday. She is paid very kindly.

I really really liked this book. Not only because it was multicultural, but because the author put a lot of feeling into it. Sometimes because the story sounded so real that I actually pictured the scenes in my head. It was a really awesome book.