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Is it ok for kids to read books outside their reading levels. Details about knowles, jo jumping off swings book new. Jumping off swings by jo knowles candlewick 2009 young adult 230 pgs told in four alternating viewpoints, jumping off swings by jo knowles moves the teens, who are caught in an unexpected situation, through various feeling states to a conclusionand does. Review the blurb for jumping off swings oversells the book, in my opinion. Age 14 and upellie remembers how the boys kissed her. Ellie finds out she is pregnant from a one night stand and she has to decide whether she wants to have an abortion or not and whether she wants the father of the child to be involved in this. Jo knowles is the author of the young adult novels lessons from a dead girl, jumping off swings, pearl, and see you at harrys. I still have it on the top shelf of my bookcase behind the set of narnia books my dad sent me for my sixth birthday. It is the story of 4 teens, ellie, corrine, josh, and caleb as they struggle. Jumping off swings by knowles, jo and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Buy this book absorbing from first page to last, this. Ellie finds out she is pregnant from a one night stand and she has to decide whether she wants to have. Jumping off swings, paperback by knowles, jo, brand new, free shipping in the us.

So when josh, an eager virgin with a troubled home life, leads her from a party to the backseat of his van, ellie follows. To say it was disappointing is a bit of an understatement. As i read your book jumping off swings i was thinking thank god there are books like this out there for young readers. Jumping off swings book midcontinent public library. Images courtesy of publishers, organizations, and sometimes their twitter handles. Please note that the lexile measures for a small population of books have been recently updated. Jumping off swings by knowles jo, 9780763652968, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. I searched low and high for a longer summary but could only find the little blurb above. I read it in one intense session, because i could not stop reading it. Im the author of see you at harrys,pearl, jumping off swings, and lessons from a. In jumping off swings, however, knowles takes a refreshing approach to the subject, vividly illustrating how a single event one that is too often cloaked in silence and shame actually has a much broader effect than just on the teen mother.

It digs deeply into the consequences resulting from teenage pregnancy. Tells, from four points of view, the ramifications of a pregnancy resulting from a onetime thing between ellie, who feels loved when boys touch her, and josh, an eager virgin with a troubled home life. Jumping off swings was a book that i bought on a whim. The jumping off swings book series by jo knowles includes books jumping off swings and living with jackie chan. Jacketflap connects you to the work of more than 200,000 authors, illustrators, publishers and other creators of books for children and young adults.

The book details a year in the life of juniorhigher ellie who feels loved only when boys touch her and she pleases them sexually. The author alternates chapters between four interlocking characters who are thrown together by ones untimely pregnancy. Some of her awards include the pen new england childrens book discovery award, yalsas best fiction for young adults, yalsa quick picks top ten, yalsas popular paperbacks, international reading associations young. As a mom it is hard to talk to my girls about certain issues, they are embarrassed or uncomfortable about taking about it or using certain words. I also found that they had more chapters than josh and ellie did which i didnt quite understand because ellie and josh are really what the book is basically about, whom it surrounds. Jumping off swings is so beautifully written, so fiercely honest and so compelling. There were multiple things i didnt like about this book. Jumping off swings by johanna knowles is one of the best books ive read. Jumping off swings by jo knowles overdrive rakuten. August 11th, 2009 jumping off swings tells, from four points of view, the ramifications of a pregnancy resulting from a onetime thing between ellie, who feels loved when boys touch her and josh, an eager virgin with a troubled home life. Buy a cheap copy of jumping off swings book by jo knowles. Some of her awards include the pen new england childrens book discovery award, yalsas best fiction for young adults, yalsa quick picks top ten, yalsas popular paperbacks, international reading associations. I was perusing my local bookstore when i saw the cover and was drawn in by the empty feeling that it gave me.

Enhancements were made to more precisely measure materials read in k2 classrooms. From four points of view, this book relates the ramifications of a pregnancy. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read jumping off swings. In her second work of fiction, jumping off swings, knowles also explores the surprisingly widereaching. Each week, our editors select the one author and one book they believe to be most worthy of your attention and highlight them in our pro connect email alert. Although the vast majority of books that have lexile measures did not change, a small subset of books required updated lexile measures. While many books discuss the physical and emotional symptoms of hormones, this is the first to explore in depth the spiritual aspects. So when josh, an eager virgin with a troubled home life, leads her from a party to the backseat of his van, ellie. Absorbing from first page to last, this sensitively written novel explores how a teenagers crisis rocks her life as well as the lives of others. In jump off the hormone swing, lorraine pintus shares openly about the inner tension a woman can feel at certain times of the month between wanting to love her neighbor on one hand, and wanting to strangle her and shoot her ugly dog on the other. The first book in the jumping off swings duology, it was nominated for the 2010 milwaukee county teen book award. In jumping off swings by jo knowles, there are four main characters who each narrate the story.

This is one of the most emotional books that i have read in a long time. There are four different pov characters, some of whom hate or avoid each other now for really good, sympathetic reasons, and yet all four were equally compelling and real, and by the end, i. Reviews of the jumping off swings until now regarding the book we now have jumping off swings comments consumers never have but remaining their own. From four points of view, this book relates the ramifications of a pregnancy resulting from a onetime thing between ellie, who feels.