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Just Jake #1
Jake Marciontte is a 13 years old boy from Ponte Vedra, Florida, US whose hobby is to playing basketball and love to write. He kept on writing anything is his free time. What he, friends and family do. Pieces by pieces it piles up. Eventually, Jake’s writing becomes a novel. Just Jake#1 is release this year and jumps into best seller. The author is viewed as a phenomenal writer.
It’s true Jake is not the only young writer out there, it’s the way he writes and his attractive style of storytelling is considered way above his age quality. Jake tells about an experience of a six grade student named Jake, whose family just moved from Florida to Maryland, therefore Jake must adapt to the new school and new friends. In the old school, Jake is among the likeable kids, has a good sense of humor and manages to achieve many things. In the new school Jake starts to build new connections, making new friends. Sure enough, there’s always shadow in the day light. Jake tries to stand up so he won’t be a bullying victim.
The world of school, family, friends, parents and teachers belong to kids of Jake’s age. Jake manages to describe the moments in a very natural and crunchy way, making the reader live it. The fun is, almost everyone share the experience. It makes Jake’s stories are very close. “I do write for kids of my age who probably experience it,” says Jake. “Just so they know that they are not the only one going through all that. And I know it’s hard, but everything will be good eventually,” says Jake to cbsnews.com.
Yes, in the midst of teenlit books these days, Just Jake should be among your reading list plan to anticipate. Above all, it will take parents to a “flash back” to the old days, seeing the world from the perspective of a 13 years old kid.
Tittle: Just Jake #1
Author: Jake Marcionette
Publisher: Penguin Books
