Jake and Lily

Name: Jake and Lily
Rating: 5.25 (1 reviews)

Written and illustrated by Jerry Spinelli

Published by Balzer + Bray

Prices as of Jul 29

Retail
$16.99
Bookshop
$14.44
Publication Date
May 8, 2012
Pages
335

What's Jake and Lily About

Publisher Summary

This is a story about me, Lily. And me, Jake. We’re twins and we’re exactly alike. Not exactly! Whatever. This is a book we wrote about the summer we turned eleven and Jake ditched me. Please. I just started hanging out with some guys in the neighborhood. Right. So anyway, this is a book about goobers and supergoobers bullies clubhouses true friends things getting built and wrecked and rebuilt and about figuring out who we are. We wrote this together (sort of) so you’ll get to see both sides of our story. But you’ll probably agree with my side. You always have to have the last word, don’t you? Yes!

What Kind of Book is Jake and Lily

Topics

bullying being yourself honesty forgiveness empathy individuality friendship social themes siblings twins

Genres

fiction

What Questions Should I Ask My Child

This book addresses a lot about bullying--what it is and how to handle it. Talk to your child about Jake and the lessons he learns from both being a bully and standing up to bullies. Discuss how Ernie reacts to bullying and how Jake being a defender stops the bullying. Studies have shown that nearly 100% of the time, if a “defender” stands up to the bully and defends the victim, the bully will back down.

Reviews

B is for Bookworm

5.25

The best part about this book is the lesson on bullying. Not only do you have the characters witnessing bullying, one of the main characters takes part in bullying and walks through the feelings he has after, the forgiveness he receives, the empathy he gains, and what he does to try to make up for his actions.

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The Creative Behind the Book

Author & Illustrator

Jerry Spinelli

Jerry Spinelli is the author of more than thirty immensely popular books for young readers, including Eggs and Stargirl; the Newbery Honor Book Wringer; Maniac Magee, winner of more that fifteen state children’s book awards, in addition to the Newbery Award; and the picture book I Can Be Anything! New York Times Bestseller LeUyen Pham has illustrated over sixty books, including Freckleface Strawberry and Big Sister, Little Sister.

Book Dedication

To the kids, both grand and great-grand, who have arrived since the last list: Wesley Lulu Oli Vika Kolia