Matthew Jackson Meets the Wall

By Patricia Reilly Giff

Book Overview

The trials and adventures of a young boy who leaves New York for Ohio. The kid next door has already warned him about the Wall: you don't want to walk into him.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385299729
• ISBN13: 9780385299725
• Release Date: April 1990
• Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
• Length: 91 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

A funny, fun-filled book!

Matthew Jackson and his family leave NY and move to Deposit, Ohio. Matthew wants to start all over again and he has a lot of fears. He wants to be a tough kid. This book made me crack up laughing. He meets a funny kid named JP, his next-door neighbor, and a hilarious, red-headed, tough kid. JP tells him about The Wall, a neighborhood bully. Then Matthew becomes really scared...