New England Reading Association Journal, January 1st, 2003
CLEMENTS, ANDREW. (2002). The Jacket. New York: Simon & Schuster Children's. ISBN: 0689825951. Reviewed by David Larner, Grade 3
The Jacket is a realistic fiction book. It takes place at a school and the book gets its name because there is confusion about whether a jacket belongs to Phil or Daniel. Phil says the jacket belongs to his little brother and Daniel says he is a liar because it is his jacket that his grandmother gave him for his birthday. They get into a pushing fight and both of them have to go to see the principal.
There is also a problem because Daniel is an African American...
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