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. Jake's a shrimp. Minn's a girl. Jake's a boy. And in fifth grade, who wants a best friend of the opposite sex? But Minn and Jake are forced together by circumstances, which only strengthen their resistance . . . until Minn takes Jake lizard hunting. There are lots of good ways to choose afriend. This enchanting free-verse novel, accompanied by expressive, humorous black-and-white drawings, proves that sometimes friendship just happens.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374349878
• ISBN13: 9780374349875
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Frances Foster Books
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" 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.