Minn and Jake

by Janet S. Wong

Book Overview

A surprising friendship Do you ever feel like you've somehow lost your true best friend? Minn feels this way. So does Jake. But Minn and Jake have no intention of being friends. Minn's a string bean.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374400210
• ISBN13: 9780374400217
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5

Customer Reviews

Great read aloud book! says teaching student

I am reading this book aloud with a student that does not like to read aloud. We just finished chapter 10, and the student is loving the story, as do I. It is a gentle tale of being a 5th grader and feeling awkward and making friends.

A Teaching Librarian's Review

This is a sensitive story about the feelings of growing up ....wanting to be accepted, feeling inadequate because of differences, the importance of friendship, the struggle of coping, and the desire to do the right thing. It is funny in parts because the behavior of the characters is so typical of children of this age. I read it to my fourth graders and they loved the story.