J.T.

by Jane Wagner and Jr. Wagner, Jane; Photographs By Gordon Parks

Book Overview

To the guys on the block, J.T. is the kid who stole the radio out of the red convertible before they could get to it. His neighbor, Mrs. Morris, declares him a first-class nuisance. His mother is bewildered -- -He's just gone bad, that's all.... Stealin' and lyin' and I don't know what all.- But all the sensitivity, responsibility, and care of which ten-year-old J.T. Gamble is capable emerges when he finds an old, one-eyed, badly hurt alley cat. J.T...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440442753
• ISBN13: 9780440442752
• Release Date: July 1972
• Publisher: Yearling Books
• Length: 125 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

i have never forgotten this book

in elementary school we actually watched this as a movie too. this was one of the most profound books that i have ever read. it would make me sob! but it is such a great book to encourage compassion and remind "tough" children that it is ok to be tender and to show that you love something...

Great influence

I was a 4th grader in a lot of trouble and detached from school. Our librarian gave this book to me and I read it hundreds of times that year and the next. I rememberd it only recently. I now work as an international photojournalist and assume that Gordon Parks images kept me intersted in literacy as a child and had a profound impact on the course of my current career. This book was to me what the kitten was to J.T.- a saviour.

Great book for reluctant readers

I have used J.T. for years to reach reluctant readers. The pictures and dialogue give an easy context for lower readers to decode and comprehend the text. J.T. is a wonderful character that anyone can relate to. The copies I have are falling apart from much use and love.

It stole my heart in 2nd grade; I remember it fondly still..

This was one of the books my second-grade class had to read on our own. I remember that it almost made me cry because I felt so sorry for that poor boy, JT. It's the first book that I loved so much. Terribly sad, but at the same time, I have wanted to reread it for quite some time. And I finally found it here!

It was a sad book, but it was a good one.

I'm really close with cats so I understood this book. I was good the way that J.T. put the radio back. That meant he was on the road to becoming a good kid again. I liked the book but it wasn't my type... I usually like more adventure.