Junebug

From Aidan: When I heard about the options for reading groups in our fourth grade class, I automatically knew I wanted Junebug for my book. the main idea is about a 10 year old boy who lives in a rough part of new haven.It's sad in some parts because I know if I were in those situations, I would have a hard time finding the good things in my life. Even though it's quite sad, it also makes you happy when something good happens. The writer did a very good job writing and really makes you feel for Junebug. I would give it 1000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars if I could.Junebug lives in the Northeast ,so he is pretty close to the water and he loves boats. There is slight violence and they do mention a boy who is in a gang and has a gun. There was also a 13-16 year old girl who was really hurt. If you have read Hatchet, you might remember that when the boy lands, he is quite confused and he needs to gather his bearings and he still keeps on going. Well, it's the same with Junebug when something goes wrong, he keeps on going. It's great for 9-11 year old boys and girls.If you are a kid, it is a great book you should read it !!!!!!!! I hope you will read it.From Nate: I thought that Junebug was a great book. In some parts, it was sad and at some parts it was happy, but the whole time it was a good book. If I were Junebug, I would do exactly what he did. I think he made the right choices.I have already recommended this book to one of my friends. I think the age range for this book is probably from 9 to 12 years old. I think it is sad that a boy that age would have to go through so many hard times and take so much responsibility. Junebug's aunt and her friends are bad people, but a lot of people are much worse in this book. I highly recommend reading Junebug. I think that most people that enjoy sad and adventure books would like Junebug. This book has minor violence. I think most people would love this book. I highly recomend reading this and the second book.From Julian: I think Junebug is a very emotional book. It has both sad and happy parts. It makes you feel lucky that you have a lot more than him and that he has so little compared to you. It has many adventures about Junebug's life and his family and other people.Junebug doesn't want to go into gang. Unfortunately, when you turn 10 in his neighborhood , others usually force you into one. Junebug stands up to neighborhood gangs and refuses to join them. So he puts messages in bottles sending his birthday wishes out to sea. He sends 50 messages. They each have the same message. Junebug is very interested in boats and water. Junebug lives in Connecticut on Auburn Street in New Haven. Junebug has an aunt and her name is Jolita. She is rude. Junebug has a sister Tasha who is nice and his Mom. I think the beginning just tells you about him, then the middle is all about everything in his life and the end is nice and sad. There are A LOT of gang and drug dealers in his neighborhood. There is a lot of violence in the book in some parts of the book.The author Alice Mead is a very good author. If there were 100 stars, I would rate it exactly 100. I believe there are two of the Junebug books. Boys and girls, men and women would like this book. Hope you enjoy it!From David:I think that there are good and bad things about Junebug. Some parts scared me and I think they scared the main character (Junebug), too. Somehow, Junebug always finds something good in a bad thing. What I liked about this book is that there is stuff that happens that really excited me and when we stopped reading, I was wondering what would happen.If you have read this book than there is a second book if you want to read more about Junebug's life, it is Junebug in Trouble. I would rate it four stars!From Luke: I think Junebug is one of the best books I have ever read. I truly think you should read it because the main character (Junebug) has a way some around things. If I were in some of the situations that Junebug was in, I would have no clue of what to do.Junebug always believes in himself and doesn't give up. Junebug is basically in love with boats. He lives in a not so good of an apartment. There is some violence in the book. The place where Junebug lives is not a safe place because the police don't come all the time and same with the firefighters and the ambulance. I go to a way better school than Junebug. There are a lot of guns in this book. In this book they mostly join gangs when they turn 10. Junebug isn't one of those kids that are spoiled and want video games and NERF guns like me. Junebug wants bottles and corks instead.Junebug is why different then me. He lives in a apartment and I live in a nice home. If you read Junebug I think you will really like it. I have read both books Junebug#1 and the sequel, Junebug in Trouble. Junebug in trouble is the second one. My favorite one is Junebug, but I think you will have to read the first one first because in the second one, it doesn't talk that much about where he lives and all of the good stuff is in book # 1. Five stars!Five stars!From Oci: The book Junebug was really sad, but it had a lot of meaning. It's one of those books that really gets to you. I really enjoyed how the author put so many exciting parts in the book. I would recommend Junebug to people who like books that are really emotional. This book has some violence, but it always ends up in a good way. If you read this book and you like it, you should read the sequel called Junebug In Trouble!In the first chapter of Junebug, I thought I would not like the book, but in the middle of the second chapter, I knew I would love it. Junebug is a amazing book, but I think it is for fourth graders and older because it would be a little hard to understand for younger kids.Four stars!From Madalyne: Junebug was a good book because I really like how detailed it was. Junebug was very sad. I enjoyed the book. It was very exciting to see what was next . When I started the book, I was not that excited, but when I got to the second chapter I started to love it. Sadly, there was some violence in the book . If I were Junebug, I would hate it having that rough of a life. Even though it was sad, it was very inspiring because he never let go of his dreams . Although Junebug is a good book, it would be kind of be hard to understand for kids under 4th grade. It really depends on how good of a reader you are. But this is definitely a good book and you should read it .There is also another book called (that is the sequel) Junebug In Trouble. You should read that, too.Four stars!

A friend of mine read it and enjoyed it and told me to read it, so I did. I enjoyed it. I must admit that it did make me cry at different times in book because he was so young with a lot of responsibility that should not be put on a child. I have already told a friend of mine to read it.

A good read for my 3rd grade student. It held her attention and she did not complain once when it was time for her daily reading time.

Amazing lol where do I start i don't know this book was written with pashon it was cool and interesting

My 8 year old Godson loved this book. I plan to get him more. I would recommend this book and series.

Loved the story about a boy living in hostile neighborhood. Pre-teens and teens from inner city identify with characters and situations in story. Junebug holds onto his dream to escape his environment. Nice ending.

simple story, simply told with a believable, smart hero you care about. wish it was made into a film. checked it out from the library but will buy a copy.

This book is about a boy name junebug. June bug live on a dirty block and a nasty apartment.And june bug live with his mom,sister,and aunt.June bug have a wish that he had a sail boat so.June bug had a friend named darnell but darnell had to move because he was infovle with drugs and people who was in trouble.