Kiki and Jacques - Susan Ross电子书mobi+epub
Product Details
Age: 9 and up
电子书mobi+epub
Hardcover: 128 pages
Publisher: Holiday House (August 17, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0823434273
ISBN-13: 978-0823434275
Kiki and Jacques Hardcover – August 17, 2015
by Susan Ross (Author)
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Preteens prove that cultural differences can be overcome in this middle-grade novel about a native Mainer and a Somali girl who form an unlikely and supportive friendship.
Twelve-year-old Jacques's mother has passed away, his father is jobless and drinking again and his grandmother's bridal store is on the verge of going out of business. Plus he's under pressure from an older boy to join in some illegal activities. At least Jacques can look forward to the soccer season. After all, he's a shoe-in for captain.
But the arrival of Somali refugees shakes up nearly everything in Jacques's Maine town, including the soccer team. So Jacques is surprised to find himself becoming friends with Kiki, a cheerful and strong-minded Somali immigrant. Despite their many differences they are able to help one another triumph over problems with friends, family and growing up.
Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
Gr 3–5—Jacques has been bullied by an older boy for years, and lately the older boy has been telling Jacques to do illegal things. Jacques has been trying to avoid the older boy and has resisted him until now. But new pressures come down on the 12-year-old: Jacques's grandmother is having money troubles and may lose her bridal shop, and his father has been drinking more and was fired from his job. When Kiki and her family, refugees from Somalia, arrive in the small Maine town, Jacques starts to look outside himself. He soon becomes friends with Kiki, but her brother, a star soccer player, doesn't approve. Jacques, who had hopes of being the captain of the soccer team, now has to deal with Mohamed, who is a much better player and doesn't seem to like him. Meanwhile, a kind of love triangle develops among Jacques, Kiki, and another local girl. Readers will come away with a sense of cultural differences between the American residents of Jacques's French-speaking town and Kiki's Somali family. Unfortunately, there are too many subplots packed into this slim novel, which lend the overall work a rushed and incomplete feel. The ending is happy, though predictable and a bit too neat. VERDICT An additional purchase for larger collections.—Terry Ann Lawler, Burton Barr Library, Phoenix, AZ
Review
Jacques, a middle-school student in an economically struggling Maine community, grapples with a boatload of challenges in Ross s debut novel. When a few Somali families relocate to Jacques s neighborhood, their presence is noticed, but not appreciated by everyone. Although Jacques was a shoe-in for soccer captain, he suddenly faces tight competition from an incredibly talented Somali boy. More stressful for Jacques, however, are a dangerous older kid threatening him and his family, and a classmate, Lucy, who gives him the silent treatment after he initiates a friendship with a Somali girl, Kiki. To top it off, Jacques s widowed father has lost his job and is drinking, and his Grandmère s bridal store, the family s main source of income, faces closure. With a good heart and a powerful sense of right and wrong (Jacques tells his grandmother, I have some babysitting money. You can have it ), Jacques is a model for readers facing their own ethical dilemmas. His friendships and social interactions ring true, but the enormity of problems he faces and the book s picture-perfect resolutions strain credulity. Ages 8 12. Agent: Susan Cohen, Writers House. (Oct.) --Publishers Weekly
About the Author
Susan Ross lives in Connecticut. She was born and grew up in the Lewiston, Maine area. She was inspired to write this story by incidents in her hometown when refugees from Somalia began to settle there in the early 2000s.
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