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Jip: His Story by Katherine Paterson
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Jip: His Story

by Katherine Paterson

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An interesting story about Jip, an orphan living on the poor farm and his relationship with a lunatic named Put. ( )
mrsarey | May 26, 2008 |  
From cover: After tumbling off the back of a wagon, Jip was brought to the town poor farm. He has lived there ever since, content to do chores and tend animals--until the day the lunatic comes. Caged like an animal, Put seems terrifying and less than human. But as the weeks pass, Jip sees Put as the wise man he truly is. And, when a menacing stranger comes to town, claiming to have been sent by Jip's grieving father, Jip turns to his new friend to make sense of it all. With Put's help, can Jip solve the riddle of his past? "Resonates with respect for the Vermont landscape and its mid-nineteenth century residents during a dark period in our nation's history." School Library Journal
Sasha_Doll | Jul 30, 2007 |  
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When an aged lunatic named Putnam arrives at a poorhouse farm in rural Vermont in 1855, he is treated as little more than a beast by everyone except the orphan Jip, who himself arrived at the charity orphanage/asylum after being found abandoned by the roadside. Jip and Putnam become friends, then allies of a sort, as Jip struggles to improve his own lot and that of his friend Lucy, the unfortunate daughter of the late town drunk. This historical tale by Katherine Paterson involves its young protagonist in the great 19th century struggle between slave owners and abolitionists while sending him into a test of his own loyalty and courage. Paterson handles weighty issues with grace and verve, and does not shrink from terrible truths in this challenging novel for young readers.

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