Your Move, J.P.!

By Lois Lowry

Book Overview

"Spontaneous, natural, and humorous." --The Bulletin J.P. is in love, and it's making him do all sorts of weird things. Like using deodorant, bumping into walls, and imagining he hears serenading violins. J.P. has even forgotten his obsession with chess, too caught up in pondering the beauty of Angela Patricia Galsworthy, a girl who has just moved to town from London and has the most charming British accent. J.P. will do anything to impress Angela, even lie about having a fatal disease called triple framosis. From there, his lies grow bigger and bigger and bigger, until he can barely keep them all straight. What's a poor lovesick boy to do?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1328750671
• ISBN13: 9781328750679
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7

Customer Reviews

Your Move J.P.

I think this book is terrific the kids play chess. In the book, J.P. the main character, likes this girl named Angela Patricia Galsworthy. Angela's dad is a doctor in this story. This book makes me laugh a lot and cry a little. If you want to read more about J.P. and his sister Caroline read these books "Switcharound" and "The One Hundredth Thing About Caroline". I think you would enjoy this book called "Your Move, J.P."

Your Move J.P.

J.P. is a 12 year old boy that was never ever going to fall in love with a girl! Until Angela Patricia Golswerthy, the new girl in J.P.'s Math class with the British accent and golden blonde hair, turn's J.P.'s world upside down. He walks into walls, trips over his own feet, and starts to use deodorant! J.P. gets caught up in telling one little lie to impress Angela, and that little lie spins out of control for J.P. J.P. loves chess and building mechanical stuff from junk. He's very smart and kind of a nerd. Angela is the pretty new girl in school and very popular. And she tells a little lie of her own! It is a great story for both boys and girls. I like this book a lot. It was a funny story and I hope you give it a try.