Jake

by Alfred Slote

Book Overview

Jake, a tough, independent eleven-year-old ballplayer lives with his Uncle Lenny, a musician, and pretty much takes care of himself. His baseball team, the Print-Alls, is in first place, but they need... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: B000CBK00C
• Release Date: January 1971
• Publisher: Lippincott
• Length: 155 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great story, excellent read for young people

This is an excellent book that for some reason has gotten lost in the shuffle of children's books. I still have the copy that I read originally when I was nine years old. A young reader today does not have to be a baseball fan nor a boy to appreciate the storyline and the realistic issues the protagonist deals with... it is a timeless story that is well worth reading.

It's a shame it's no longer in print...

...because I think this was probably my favorite of Alfred Slote's books (all of which I loved when I was a kid). Eleven-year-old Jake loves baseball, shares an apartment with his occupied uncle, and often has to fend for himself when meeting his basic needs. One predicament he faces involves his rag-tag baseball team which can't play unless they have a legitimate coach, and no one will coach them. It's a good story of how Jake struggles to understand the world he lives in and how the adults in his life learn to act responsibly.