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Just Juice
Letters and numbers still don't make sense to Juice Faulstich. She'd rather skip school and spend the day at home in the North Carolina hills, anyway. But when the bank threatens to repossess her family's home, Juice faces her first life-sized problem.
Paperback, 144 pages
Published
November 1st 1999
by Scholastic Inc.
(first published 1998)
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a heart warming story of a family in dire circumstances. a jobless father finding new hope. a family uniting in hard times. a young girl realizing the potential and individuality she has...and not having to be anyone else but Just Juice.
this is such an easy read, but it is so tender and thoughtful. by the end of the book, all you'll want to be is just exactly who you are. i enjoyed the journey that Juice took me on, and i loved every circumstance the author chose to take the family t...more
this is such an easy read, but it is so tender and thoughtful. by the end of the book, all you'll want to be is just exactly who you are. i enjoyed the journey that Juice took me on, and i loved every circumstance the author chose to take the family t...more
When I find an author I like, I try to read as many of his/her books as possible. Out of the Dust is one of my favorite Newbery award winning books. That book was set in the time period of the dust bowl and I was most impressed with Hesses' depiction of this historical event told from the perspective of a young girl.
Once again in Just Juice the author tells a tale of poverty through the eyes of a young girl struggling to hold the family together.
Juice and her family live in a...more
Once again in Just Juice the author tells a tale of poverty through the eyes of a young girl struggling to hold the family together.
Juice and her family live in a...more
Nicolas Robles
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This book honestly started off a little slow because it was the first child's book that i have read in a good while. It is about a little girl who tries to take care of her family in any way that she can even though she is only nine years old. Because she can't read she is afraid of going to school and being called stupid she stays home and hangs out with her mom and dad. She finds out they are in trouble of losing the house and her dad will not tell her mom, juice and her dad come up with a pla...more
This book is written at a 3rd grade level, and the narrator is 9-years-old, so I'm assuming that is the audience. However, the themes in the book are much too mature for 8 and 9-year-old children.
This story about an extremely poor "backwoods" family struggling to survive is touching, and in some ways inspiring for it's family loyalty and warmth. I enjoyed it for the most part, but was rather shocked when near the end of the book the 9-year-old narrator describes being re...more
This story about an extremely poor "backwoods" family struggling to survive is touching, and in some ways inspiring for it's family loyalty and warmth. I enjoyed it for the most part, but was rather shocked when near the end of the book the 9-year-old narrator describes being re...more
Just Juice was actually a book recommended by and editor at an SCBWI conference long ago. Praised by this editor for its opening line, I purchased the book right away and wasn’t disappointed. From the first word to the last, Karen Hesse has created a masterpiece. Watching Ma spread “grape jelly so thin on the sliced white bread you can hardly find the purple,” immediately gave insight to the family. The main character, Juice is a girl who is strong in her ability to hold her family together—she’...more
Like I say with a lot of books... I have read this book a very long time ago (maybe 4th gradish?) Just Juice is about Juice Faulstich who lives with her Ma and Pa in the hills with her four sisters too. The bad news about Juice is that she has to do third grade all over again because letters and numbers make no sense to Juice. The other bad news is that Juice hates going to school (I think that she is crazy for that which I know is dorky too) and stays at home and helps her Pa with his "met...more
I really enjoyed the book Just Juice by Karen Hesse. It is the story of a girl named Juice who does not go to school very often because she does not know how to read. Also, her family (like many during these hard economic times) are down on their luck and are about to lose their home unless they are able to pay their back taxes. The story has a happy ending though because Juice starts learning how to read; which ends up helping Juice save her mother's life when she gives birth to Juice's newest ...more
Just Juice is a book about a young girl who was recently left back in school. Letters and numbers just don't make sense to Juice. Juice has more trouble than school though. Her whole family is facing serious problems that can break them up for good.
I think the message the author wants the read to catch is that in tough times, you can trust your family to help you pull through. It's really important to trust your family even if you're not in trouble. Family are the closest people you ...more
I think the message the author wants the read to catch is that in tough times, you can trust your family to help you pull through. It's really important to trust your family even if you're not in trouble. Family are the closest people you ...more
I don't remember where we got this book. All I remember is Dad reading this to my sister and I every night until we finished it. That's why I love it so much. Great coming-of-age sort of story
Just Juice is an excellent book, especially for those who, like me, were surrounded by not only problems in school but struggles at home also. The book is a well written heart warming story about a young girl who hates school because she just does not get it, and at every chance she gets she stays home and helps her Pa work because the family is in desperate need of money to save their house.. Juice soon realizes that she can not keep skipping out on school because the truant officer will fine t...more
Juice is a young girl growing up in a poor rural section of America. She skips school frequently because she cannot read and she feels inadequate. Her mother is pregnant, her little sisters are starting to become better readers then her. On top of all of this the family property is close to being lost due to back taxes.[return][return]This story is one I use in my classroom as a read aloud. It is sweet and the students relate to the school age girl and her problems. The only thing I felt th...more
Hesse, Karen. (1998). Just Juice. New York: Scholastic Press.
Literary Genre: Realistic Fiction (Chapter Book)
The Faulstich family is going through a hard time. Pa has difficulty keeping work and is depressed. Ma is pregnant and has gestational diabetes. Juice is in trouble with the truant officer because she does not go to school as she should. Markey and Charleen (Juice’s older sisters) worry about Juice. Juice, Markey, and Charleen pitch in to care for the two little on...more
Literary Genre: Realistic Fiction (Chapter Book)
The Faulstich family is going through a hard time. Pa has difficulty keeping work and is depressed. Ma is pregnant and has gestational diabetes. Juice is in trouble with the truant officer because she does not go to school as she should. Markey and Charleen (Juice’s older sisters) worry about Juice. Juice, Markey, and Charleen pitch in to care for the two little on...more
Rena`
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ANYONE (Ages 8 and older)
Recommended to Rena` by:
MY FITH GRADE TEACHER
THIS BOOK WAS GOOD BECAUSE Newbery Medal-winning novelist Karen Hesse--known for her painterly ability to re-create historical worlds for young readers--turns her attention this time to a contemporary family that lives as if in another era. The engrossing, eight-member Faulstich family, residents of an Appalachian hill village perhaps in Kentucky or West Virginia, has learned to endure impoverished conditions ever since Pa got laid off from the mine. Only the children are guaranteed a "sand...more
The book is about a girl name Juice. Juice need glasses to read but Juice's mother and father don't have a lot of money to buy a pair of glasses for Juice.I think that Juice has sister name Charleen,Markey,Turtle,and Lulu. I feel heartbrokening because Juice's mother and father don't have money for the glasses and Juice need them because she need to reads at the reading book.
If you read this book i hope that ypu like the book.
If you read this book i hope that ypu like the book.
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I found this book very sentimental. It was touching to see how much Juice was willing to take of her Pa. Hesse portrays a very solid family foundation. I was very touched by how Juice at such a young age was such a huge heroine. Having her deliver a baby was the turning point and I felt like it gave her the confidence to go on and learn to read. I recommend it to any who wants to inspire a child to read more often.
I just reread this book, and I loved it as much as I did the first time~
Ten-year old Juice, her four sisters and parents live in the hills. Juice's family has fallen on some hard times. Pa's been out of work for a while, and since Juice has real trouble with school, she's taken it upon herself to try and help Pa get the family back on its feet again.
This is a beautiful, loving, sweet story.
Ten-year old Juice, her four sisters and parents live in the hills. Juice's family has fallen on some hard times. Pa's been out of work for a while, and since Juice has real trouble with school, she's taken it upon herself to try and help Pa get the family back on its feet again.
This is a beautiful, loving, sweet story.
this book is a great read!! This author is amazing. Its about a girl who cant read or write and she doesnt like to go to school. Her family also has to pay a big amount of money, they're poor in addition. This book was a little bit of a easy read for me, although it still was a fantastic book!!!! I definitely recommend this book!!:)
Karen Hesse has a beautiful way of writing that connects you instantly to the characters. This story is about self-affirmation in the toughest of circumstances and how who you are is not about what you own. I did not like the illustrations for the version I read, but I know there are other printings, hopefully with no illustrations or better illustrations.
Juice faulstich has 5 sisters including her. her mom is preagant and her dad has a metal workshop. Juice has to help everyone at home and shes been lefted back in 3rd grade. Its really hard for her dad to get money. When her mom gave birth somthig happened and Juice saved her moms life.
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I hated it. Me and my old friend Saya had to read it for 5th grade. We said it belonged in the trash. My mom said it was really good. I should not have took her advise. She reads strange books. That might be why she said it was good.
This book is about a troubled family and how they all unite to solve there problems....THIS BOKK IS A SERIOUS MUST READ!!
Juice is your ultimate tough girl, whose family is in trouble, but she rescues them and better's herself in the process.
this book is based on juice who is a good wih her hands and thoughou the book is faced with problems.
Level q character change and relationships between characters
it was good.
read it in year 3 don't really rember.
read it in year 3 don't really rember.
It was okay. My students weren't really interested.
i am on the 6th chapter and i love it alot it is good
A awesome story of a young girl that is different from me
Sad family story conveying the importance of education.
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Karen Hesse is an American author of children's literature and literature for young adults, often with historical settings. Her novel Out of the Dust was the winner of the 1998 Newbery Medal and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction. In 2002, Hesse was a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship.
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