This blog has been created as a tool to encourage students to engage in recreational reading. Through social discussion, students gain better insight and comprehension.

10.02.2009

Jump the Cracks-DeKeyser

What would you do if you saw an innocent baby with bruises being yanked around by his mom? Would you walk away and say to yourself, "Not my problem"? OR would you take a giant leap and do what you could to protect the child? This is the situation Victoria encounters while she rides the train from Connecticut to New York to visit her father. While Victoria watches the young boy's mom leave him on the train when they reach the station. Why would she do that? What should Victoria do? Read this exciting and heart touching story to see if there will be a happy ending.