Interest Level
Grades 3 - 5
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 5.5
Lexile Measure®: 860L
DRA: 50
Guided Reading: V
Genre
- Historical Fiction
Theme/Subject
- Slavery, Underground Railroad, Abolition
- Family Life
- Adoption and Foster Care
- African American
- Understanding Self and Others
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About This Book
In a story by a Newbery award-winner, orphaned Jip has made himself a home with a poor farm family and befriended both a lunatic and the unfortunate daughter of the town drunk. Now his fragile home is threatened when a stranger from outside wants to claim Jip as his son.
Praise for Jip: His Story
Jip tells a "historically accurate story [that is] full of revelations and surprises." — Publisher's Weekly
"A good read of substance." — Parent's Choice
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