Customer Reviews

Your Move, J.P.

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Twelve-year-old JP Tate is instantly love-struck by a new girl in his math class--blond, British, Angela who represents his ideal of physical and social perfection. This is a cute read which will appeal to middleschool kids who wonder what it is like when you suddenly notice the opposite sex. Lowry's humor is delightful fluff; I enjoyed the Alphabetizing of Physical Ailments (inspired by Ralph, the park bum), which our youthful protagonist expands into Character Flaws. Many of the situations, conversations and examples of adolescent logic are hilarious.

Warning--the theme is serious: don't get yourself entangled in a web of lies and deceit--especially just to impress someone. True friends are those who accept you as you are and go all out to help you when you need it most. The story is school-oriented, with classroom dynamics, unusual homework assignments and special events at a small, private school. But really: walking golf bags? a chess game with the opponents wearing a ski mask and goggles to spook each other? This pleasant, single-mother family is reprised in THE ONE HUNDREDTH THING ABOUT CAROLINE, which stars JP's bright younger sister. Even adults can swallow this one and come up grinning!

I usually like Lowry books but this one was pathetic. Too slapstick, and would some author some day write a teenage book without boy-meets-girl?

J.P. is a 12 year old boy that was never ever going to fall in love with a girl! Until Angela Patricia Golswerthy, the new girl in J.P.'s Math class with the British accent and golden blonde hair, turn's J.P.'s world upside down. He walks into walls, trips over his own feet, and starts to use deodorant! J.P. gets caught up in telling one little lie to impress Angela, and that little lie spins out of control for J.P. J.P. loves chess and building mechanical stuff from junk. He's very smart and kind of a nerd. Angela is the pretty new girl in school and very popular. And she tells a little lie of her own! It is a great story for both boys and girls. I like this book a lot. It was a funny story and I hope you give it a try.

I think this book is terrific the kids play chess. In the book, J.P. the main character, likes this girl named Angela Patricia Galsworthy. Angela's dad is a doctor in this story. This book makes me laugh a lot and cry a little. If you want to read more about J.P. and his sister Caroline read these books "Switcharound" and "The One Hundredth Thing About Caroline". I think you would enjoy this book called "Your Move, J.P."

At the starting he spends the first chapter looking for sunny
meadow deodorant!! How dumb is that?!?!?! and the whole story is
about him lying about haveing some cancerous disease!!!!

I'd say if your under ten you MIGHT like it.

wEs