PUBLISHER: Little,
Brown Books for Young Readers
PUBLICATION
DATE: 11/28/1999
AWARDS: Newbery Medal
GENRE: realistic fiction READING LEVEL:
fifth grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW:
Story of a kid named Jeffrey Lionel
Magee, how his life changed after his parents died, and how he truly made a
lasting impression on the kids he came into contact with.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Make a concept web of the
story, including main ideas, characters, underlying lessons, an illustration,
and how the book affected the individual student that read it.
REVIEWER’S
NAME & AFFILIATION: Ashley Copelan, VSU
LABELS: realistic fiction, chapter book, classic
