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Sticks and Stones (Orca Soundings)

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Have you have hear someone talk about you behind your back?Well in the book Sticks and Stones By: Beth Goobie.Ther is a girl named Jujube that everyone at school called her slut.When she finds out that they have been calling her "sut"she was feeling bad. Jujube didn't listen to the people but she was sad because Brent the guy that she was going to make out?but she did want to so he told the school that she did want to.

The thing I like in this book is how strong Jujube was.She wasn't doing anything to stop the girls instead she didn't listen to the people.

my recommendation is to all the people that like to read book sthat are really strong feelings.

Sticks and Stones is a book about a girl who gets back stabbed by her so-called friend. One little action changed her whole life. Throughout the book you will find out how she tries to fix her life.

What I liked about the bookwas that it was just like a high school problem. I also liked that it was very realistic. I really liked the fact that I could visualize the characters.

I would recommend this book to 7th graders because I think they would get it more than younger students.

The story is about a girl that thought about having sex and quickly changed her mind. The girl's name is Jujube and we never really get her real name. When she says "no" to her date, the rumors just start spreading that she is a "slut". Fortunately, she meets Carlos and he is nice and helps her out.

I like that the girl doesn't let anything get her down. I also liked it because it is stuff that happens in real life. Lots of high school girls get pregnant and end up ruining their lives.

I will recommend this book to everyone because it it is a realistic book. I especially think high school students would like this book. This could be a lifetime experience for readers.

The book isn't extremely long, but I really enjoyed it. I read it sometime last year. It's about this girl who is flamed by this guy who she didn't want to go far with. Suddenly her world is turned around, and everyone is calling her names behind her back and to her face, and she has a reputation as a slut. Out of anger I suppose the buy (who's name I forget) lashed out and and told everyone they had sex or something, and she soon gained a reputation as a slut. Sticks and Stones may sounds like an average teen novel, but it's definetly not Sweet Valley High. Beth Goobie writes in such a way that you forget you're reading a book....I recommend this completely. (Of course she's a local author so I haven't the slightest clue on how many people have read this.) I also encourage you to read some of her other books, Before Wings, Kicked out and The Colors of Carol Molev.

The book accurately describes the reality of rumors in school culture in a way that students can connect with. It has good things to say about persevering through tough times, friendship, actively fighting social injustice, and looking past rumors and reputations to truly understand other people. Jujube, Carlos, and Sophia all serve as examples of people suffering from rumors that aren't true and circumstances beyond their control.

On the down side, the book is no literary treasure. As an English teacher, it doesn't offer much in terms of literary style or depth. It doesn't deviate off the main plot for more than a paragraph, its print is huge, and its description is plain. In these ways, it seems appealing to younger, concrete thinkers. I was also disappointed that it does nothing to discuss the moral decisions involved in sex... I can understand its appeal among junior high students - it is sympathetic to their struggles and it's short and easy to read.

As is typical of the Orca Soundings series, the book is written at a level accessible to most middle school students and is an excellent resource for ELL and struggling readers. Jujube is estatic to be asked to a dance by Brent, a student at her high school she had a crus on for years. At the dance, he pressures her to take the relationship farther than she is comfortable with. The following Monday, Jujube finds out that Brent has told his friends that she is easy and more than willing to "go all the way" on the first date. Soon the entire school seems to believe that rumor. The calm reassurance of her friends Carlos and Sophie help Jujube get through the days, and she and Carlos come up with a way to get her reputation back and make her classmates realize how hurtful words an be. This book will fly off the shelf, as the cover photo is a row of school lockers with the word SLUT drawn in large letters on the front of one.

I think that Sticks and Stones is a very good book to read for girls going into high school because it is experinces that will happen. Something i loved about this book was how things flowed in each chapter of the book. My favorite character in the book was Jujube because for what had happened to her she dealed with the situation in the best way i know that for most people it would be hard to get over something like that

Sticks and Stones is a book abouty a girl named Jujube. Other girls at schoolbecome her enemies at school and start caling her "SLUT" behind her back. Then the conflict between the girls starts.

I like the suspense that left me thinking of a fight, because of the title, calling for Jujube. Especially when they wrote the word "SLUT" with red spray paint on her locker.

I recomment this book for people that have been in the same situation as Jujube. Or so you could help a friend in this situation.

In the book Sticks and Stones there's a girl named Jujube.She went out with a boy named Brent.Brent didn't like her he just wanted to have a girl to mess around with so he dumped her and told everybody rumors about her.She was really upset and she told her mother about it,and started crying.

I really like the book because it was realistic and it was my type of book.It was really interesting.I didn't like the part when Jujube started to cry because Brent was talking about her.Also I liked when Sophie throws the hackeysack at Brent and it hit him on the butt.

I recommend this book to middle school kids because it tells "Don't judge people on what they look like."Also it talks about how people get hurt inside really bad.