Just Jake by Jake Marcionette
When
Jake Matthews is forced to move from his hometown in Florida to Maryland with
his family, Jake is completely worried about fitting in at his new school. At
home back in Florida, Jake was practically the most popular guy in middle
school, everyone loved him. He was funny, awesome and carried himself as one
confident kid, until he had to leave and find himself in a new school. No
longer feeling confident and struggling to fit in, Jake must confront the
bullies at his new school and show his new friends the cool guy he can be. With
his ‘rules of awesomeness’ and his arrogant attitude, Jake attempts to be back
on top of the social ladder at his new school and to hopefully find a group of
friends that will accept who he is. A silly and lighthearted story about a
preteen finding their place in middle school, Just Jake is good book for those
who love and praise Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
A
series intended for middle school boys, Just
Jake is a fun and quirky story that is similar in style to stories like Diary of a Wimpy Kid and other stories
that tell the lives of kids trying to fit in and make sense of who they are in
these in between years. Popularity, Fame and being well liked seems to be the
most important thing to this age group. Even though it may seem like the end of
the world if you’re not in the popular group, we need to redirect tweens to
books that don’t solely focus on this subject. I feel there so many books and
series that are essentially the same story just with different titles. Instead
of focusing on queen bees and what kind of jeans the popular girls are wearing,
creating a story that isn’t so predictable and easy for this age group is
something we must consider as educators and authors. Tweens are becoming
obsessed with ideas fame, vanity and what’s popular that their priorities are
not in order.
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