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Jim The Boy

Jim The Boy
by Tony Earley
Hardcover: Jun 2000,
240 pages.
Paperback: Apr 2001,
256 pages.

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Rated 1 of 5 of 5 by katelyn_jay
not my favorite..
I had to read this book for ninth grade, going into honors English. I didn't think it was horrible, but there was no point to it. It shows a ten year old boy, who lost his father before he was born, going to school, making a friend, and growing up. The book was very slow, and sometimes didn't even make much sense. I expecting a lot more, and was disappointed.

Rated 1 of 5 of 5 by Elli
Beautiful Writing, Weak Plot
While the book had some beautiful descriptions and writing, there was absolutely no strong plot. The book was just a boring story about a boy that lives in a small town. He turns 10, he goes to school, he tries to help on his family's farm, and that's about it. There's no real point to the story. If only the amazing writing could have been applied to a much stronger plot with an actual meaning to the story.

Rated 3 of 5 of 5 by V_Volcanoo.
Jim the Boy
Well, what can I say? I thought it was very weak and really no sense. Very slow pace. Just awful. Also a lot of things didn't really make sense whatsoever.

Rated 4 of 5 of 5 by Unkown
Decent Book
I found this book to be a good choice for myself. For school I have been reading many of the classics and this fit in perfectly with all the other books. It was a great find and I recommend this book to anyone out there looking for another classic book.

Rated 1 of 5 of 5 by lelsly
it was ok....
we had to read this book over the summer for ninth grade honors english. i really wasn't that impressed with it. it was weak in that the charecters were under developed and the story was too fast and had next to no depth. there were no little supprising twists, no suspense, no anything that would make this anything other than a book i might recammend to a 3-4 grader. all in all, it was what expected it to be.

Rated 5 of 5 of 5 by Brandy Adams
A great book. Really felt like I was there. Excited to hear places I knew.
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