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Delia loves Double Dutch more than just about anything, and she's really good at it -- so good she and her teammates have a shot at winning the World Double Dutch Championships. Delia would die if she couldn't jump -- but Delia has a secret, and it could keep her off the team next year.

Delia's friend Randy has a secret too, one that has him lonely and scared. And while Delia and Randy struggle to keep their secrets, their school is abuzz with rumors about what malicious mischief the terrible Tolliver twins -- who just may have a secret of their own -- are planning.

Delia and Randy's secrets collide on what should be the happiest day of Delia's life, and the collision threatens to destroy their friendship. Why can't life be as easy for Delia as Double Dutch?

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Double Dutch
I love this book. This is a great book. The main character is Delia. She has a big secret that no one no's about. She has been keeping it to herself for many years now. She's scared to tell others. The setting takes place in a high school in Miss. Benson's classroom. Sometimes in the gym competing or practicing other jump roping. The point of view is Delia that's telling the story. First, Delia found a paper on a pole, it had a picture of Randy's dad. She didn't no what it was about so she hid it from him. When Randy was cleaning the gym he found the paper. He got mad at Delia. At the end she finally told him that she couldn't read. Delia and her mom went out to dinner after the competition and she told her. She told Delia why she didn't she say anything sooner and that she was going to do everything that was possible to get her the help she needed to learn how to read. Randy has a crush on Delia, he protects her, his nice, and caring. This book is about Delia not knowing how to read and how she got threw competing in the nationals.

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The main characters of this book are Delia,Randy, and Yolanda.Delia is a smart, nice, pretty, athletic young lady.Randy is a active, smart, and has a crush on Delia.Yolanda is active,pretty,and a liar(who lies about pretty much everything).
The setting of this book is in present day, around the 2000's. It is in a high school(during school hours) in miss.benson's classroom. It also takes place in the gymnasium where they jump rope.
The conflict of the book is that Delia doesn't know how to read. She didn't tell anyone except yolanda. She didnt want to tell anyone because she thought that it would interfere in her double dutch tournament and so she wanted to wait to tell her mother. So after the tournament she told her mother and randy and her mother told her she was going to get help.
The plot of the story is they practiced for double dutch everyday after school in the gymnasium. There is a BIG reading test coming up and Delia is really scared because she doesn't know how to read. The test is before the double dutch competition and she is scared that she wont pass the test and she will get kicked out of double dutch. Then out of no where a big twin tornadoes attack and the school messes up big time and school is cancelled until it gets fixed. So that means no test. Then it is the double dutch competition the win and she tells her mother and randy.
The theme is "Once in a blue moon not telling the truth can come in handy. But still lieing is really bad."
The point of view is second person. Second person is close to first person because the with "you" is replacing the "I".

Double Dutch
I am a middle school Language Arts teacher who teaches high-level eighth grade students (in other words, VERY smart, motivated, and voracious readers). I suspect that when Sharon Draper was a teacher, she taught some lower-level students because this book seems to be clearly geared towards those students.

The author can write, but I feel this particular work is not challenging, as everything seems to be over-explained, and, though heartfelt, relatively two-dimensional. When each major character harbors a Secret, and through a series of incidents where all the Secrets are revealed, these Secrets don't meet up with deeper intellectual meaning. In short, I find both plot and character exist in the world of Afterschool Specials -- simple, over-explained and highly coincidental.

Many kids will enjoy this book, but mine will not.

not my fave
this book was ok but it was missing something. the thing that got me the most was the way the kids talked. i'm in 8th grade and i don't talk like that. i mean who says peace out anymore? overall i thought it was a good book, but i have other books i'd rather read.

An excellent book!
The book I have read was Double Dutch by Sharron M.Daper. I chose this book because it looked interesting. The main characters are; Delia, Randy, Yolanda, Toliver Twins, Cherline, and Narrator. Girls will most likely like this book because of the drama, and double dutching (ages:12-15).The main events are, Delia has a secret she can't read, and the finials of the Double Dutch competion.The theme of this book is friends are there for you no mater what.

My opinion of this book is that it is super. The weakness about this book is nothing its great! The good thing about the book is you can relate to it. It was interesting when the twins' mother bribed them. Della kept secret that she couldn't read. Her friend Yolanda spread the rumor that the Toliver twins were going to blow up the school because she was scared of them.

My conclusion on this book is that it is great and will relate to girls in high school and middle school. I strongly recommend this book for anyone to read. I recommend this book because a lot of girls can relate to this book.

Shanyah A.
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This colorful, vibrant treasury is the ultimate tribute to the unique sport and pastime of double Dutch. Written and compiled by celebrated author and journalist Veronica Chambers, Double Dutch is filled with her own personal memories of girlhood and jumping rope, along with poems, interviews, songs, history, quotes, rhymes, and photographs. At the heart of Double Dutch, though, is a celebration, not just of a sport, but of sisterhood-after all, it takes a few friends to make that rope really swing and those feet jump for joy. ... Read more

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A wonderful resource for Jump Rope for Heart Events
This book provides pictures (old and contemporary) of children jumping, a collection of rhymes I have not seen in other books or web sites, and lots of history and information on jumping Double Dutch. This is a wonderful resource for Jump Rope for Heart Events!

A Must Read to students, Double Dutch Teams and Coaches
As a Double Dutch coach and school teacher, this book reminded me of my childhood in NYC, as well as the importance of sharing the concept of teamwork with my team. It should be in every teacher and school library. A well done book. I salute you Ms. Chambers.
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KATIE OR KATJE? A mysterious antique button - a family heirloom received as a birthday gift - transports 13-year-old Katie Van Epps back in time to the 17th-century Dutch settlement of Schenectady, New York. The city is her home, but home was never like this! Katie, now Katje the servant, knows that in three days there will be a devastating massacre. Will she be able to return to her own time and escape history, or will she be changed by it? In this adventure, filled with danger and mystery, Katie learns about life in the 17th century, and discovers important things about herself. ... Read more

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Great book for preteens
very good book....the author has given each girl her own signature personality and voice, which makes for very good reading....it is interesting to see how the girls interact with each other, working out their differences to come together as a team ...this book illustrates lessons of spiritualilty, humanity,andworking with others in a very enjoyable fashion...a very good "read" for preteens and their parents....

Excellent reading selection!
As a mother of a pre-teen girl, I think that Just Jump is an excellent reading selection for young girls! The story is easy to follow and offers great life-lessons with spiritual reference for the reader. As the characters learn to work together to achieve a goal, they also learn the value of friendship and teamwork.

A great reading selection!
Just Jump is a great reading selection and has helpful life lessons in the book.It alsohas a positive spiritual message and has a great story background.The book is about five girls who learn about working together,friendship,perservering,and how to handle hard situations or predicaments.To achieve their goal as double dutchers,they must rely on each other and trust each other and keep trying.Children and even adults will enjoy the wonderful story told in Just Jump.You can follow the adventures,miracles,and tragedies throughout the book.You may even have had experiences of what the characters have gone through.This book is sincerely a book that everybody should read and enjoy. ... Read more

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Analyzes the requirements the GOP places on African-Americans aspiring to fill membership in the party. ... Read more

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What a laughable book and pathetic message!
Rarely ever have I read such a sorry backward looking message.I picked up this book with interest.Yes, I am a proud progressive Democrat who believes in every American's right to good health care, housing, education,equal rights and privacy.Yet, I wanted to see what a conservative AfricanAmerican could find so wrong with the agenda of civil rights and economicmobility.What I found was laughable.The author's "points" arebarely points at all.They are mostly attacks - quite defensive ones,indeed.These "attacks" seek to paint the author as white aspossible, with a conservative brush which stems further and further to thefar right as the reader goes into this book.

This book is a joke,simply put.African Americans and minorities - as well as whites - inAmerica today do not need the Republican party of regression andprivatization.The GOP of the past - with its occasional moderation andconserving conservatism - was bad enough.Yet, today's nativist andSouthern-based and increasingly regionalized Republican party has no roomsfor minorities or forward looking whites.

The author says thatthe GOP has room for minorities.That is wrong.The GOP will never haveroom for minorities until it changes itself dramatically and becomes theDemocratic party.This book is a joke, as well as a defensive attempt topaint oneself as white as possible!

As for me, I will never be apart of a party which bashes unions and working people(as well as theirpublic protections), caters to the interests of the rich and bigotry andattacks public safe guards for the poor and at-risk.

Minorities and the Republican party do NOT go together
It has been said, quite correctly, that a black man voting Republican is not unlike chicken little voting for the Colonel for President.As GOP policies show, people of color are not welcomed in the party.Just look atthe facts.

The GOP has tried to abolish basic civil rightsguarantees for minorities and women, as well as the handicapped.Theydecimated the safety net under Reagan and tried to do it again underGingrich and Dole in 1995.They favor privaitzation of Social Security andMedicare, the brunt of which would fall on blacks which are too old and toopoor to bother to protest.They favor deep cuts in food stamps, Head Startand AmeriCorps.They in 1995 proposed deep reductions in public educationspending, as well as Affirmative Action and pro-woman aid in colleges. Theyfavor eliminating the income tax on the wealthy.They favor deeprestrictions on the civil rights of immigrants.They favor English Onlylaws and repealing all gun control laws.They favor reductions in urbanaid and public works.They refuse to back national health insurance ornational job unemployment insurance.

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This digital document is an article from African Arts, published by Thomson Gale on June 22, 2005. The length of the article is 1083 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Yinka Shonibare: Double Dutch.(Book Review)
Author: Margaret E. Reed
Publication: African Arts (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 38Issue: 2Page: 91(1)

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This digital document is an article from Conscience, published by Catholics for a Free Choice on June 22, 2004. The length of the article is 1063 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Speaking double dutch: the political conversation on abortion is passing younger people by.(Culture)
Author: Anna Greenberg
Publication: Conscience (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 2004
Publisher: Catholics for a Free Choice
Volume: 25Issue: 2Page: 24(2)

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This digital document is an article from Parachute: Contemporary Art Magazine, published by Parachute Contemporary Art on October 1, 2004. The length of the article is 557 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Jaap Guldemond et Gabriele Mackert (eds.), Yinka Shonibare: Double Dutch.
Author: Eduardo Ralickas
Publication: Parachute: Contemporary Art Magazine (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2004
Publisher: Parachute Contemporary Art
Issue: 116Page: 126(1)

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