
Thief When Phil sees another kid wearing his brother's jacket, he assumes the jacket was stolen. It turns out he was wrong, and Phil has to ask himself the question: Would he have made the same assumption if the boy wearing the jacket hadn't been African American? And that question...


Phil is on a mission. His absentminded little brother forgot his lunch money. All kinds of thoughts are running through Phil's mind as he searches for Jimmy in the throngs of fourth and fifth graders crowding the school hallway: ...if I'm late for math today, then I might not...



Phil believes Daniel stole his brother's jacket, until he learns that he is wrong. This causes Phil to think hard about his feelings and beliefs about people.
![[(The Jacket )] [Author: Andrew Clements] [Oct-... B0108CZJGY Book Cover](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41zdW7GNiQL._SL500_.jpg)

