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| Double Dutch (Aladdin Fiction) | 
 enlarge | Author: Sharon M. Draper
Publisher: Aladdin
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (21 reviews)
Sales Rank: 274598
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0689842317
EAN: 9780689842313
ASIN: 0689842317
Publication Date: December 30, 2003
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secretsDelia 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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| Customer Reviews: Read 16 more reviews...
 Mixed Feelings November 7, 2008
Double Dutch is all about secrets and friendship and fear, and overall I found it a good read. I loved the characters (especially Yolanda) and I liked the story line, but the novel lacked some of the emotional depth that other teen novels I've been reading have had. Still a good read but also a little disappointing.
Okay April 10, 2008
I've heard much good about Draper and saw this book had alot of copies in our school library (who probably has about 1 or 2 or at the most 3 copies of each book) and thought maybe it's good. I'm not disappointed with it but wouldn't go around saying its the best book in the world and will never recommend it to any of my friends (who wouldn't like it) but many people would enjoy it and it does have a good story line and plot so I'm not putting it down because I enjoyed it but you have to be the right person
 Double Dutch December 18, 2007
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.
Double Dutch December 16, 2007
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 June 20, 2006
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
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.
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