The Wooing of Beppo Tate

by C. Everard Palmer

The Wooing of Beppo Tate is a lively and popular account of life in Kendal, a small village in Jamaica, similar to the author's own childhood home.

Genres: Childrens, Fiction

160 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1979

Reviews

[Kim M-M]

One of my favourite books about growing up. About an adopted boy trying to fit into his new life, who falls in love with his neighbour. Chock full of adventures and good clean fun. Set in the West Indies, it describes a somewhat typical childhood about growing up in the islands.

[for-much-deliberation ...]

I loved this book, i remember having to use it for literature in my first year at high school.

[Zainab]

This was a great book , he is a great author I read all his books . When I read this book I could actually imagine all the fun and adventures he had the good old days when you had the river to bath in the summer. The book is lovely it give you a feeling of living in the country Caribbean style

[Taylor Hines]

I loved this book for the first time in my life reading a book i laughedso hard it's really fun to read books like this one.

[Seebs]

This one holds a lot of nostalgia for me.

I first read this book when I had just entered secondary school at around 11 or 12 and was such a treat to revisit.

It's a coming of age story, about a boy named Beppo who after being adopted from a life poverty, developes a crush on his new nextdoor neighbor's daughter, only, his adopted father and neighbor, Ms. Belmont, have been feuding for quite sometime. It's set in rural Jamaica, features a cast of colourful characters and illustrates boyhood in a way that really resonated with me as a child.

I'd highly recommend if you're able to get your hands on a copy!

[Cadine Vernon]

This is one of my favourite literature books from high school. It was extremely engaging and hilarious !

[Trevor Harding]

Reading the book was like watching a Jamaican Creole-language romantic drama anime. I loved and read the book as a whole, though I currently remember some parts from the book. When I read the book, the F.U.N. song "Some Nights" played in my head.

[Gareth Mayers]

this one was good

[Marsha Papanicolas]

A very good book. A nostalgic look at a young boy growing up in Jamaica.

[Tshana]

Daphne had a crush on Beppo all along, hence the reason for treating him so horridly.

[Nicqui]

One of the only school-assigned books that I truly enjoyed.

[Mandi]

I read this book when I was about 12? I was in form 1 high school.

This is hands down the most impactful book of younger years. Something about it just lingered with me since.

It’s a must read and I feel like that was the perfect time for me to read it. We did it for Lit and analysing the book was truly a joy.

I want to re-read this soon, hope I can either find my copy or get a new one.

[Kadie Jackson]

I want to know how you read a book please

[Symphony Johnson]

Hi this is good man

[Zawadi Newton]

This is my English literature book

[Jonel Young]

i want to read this story because i have a test about it i would like to know more about it .

[Dillon]

Good bock

[Ameisha Simpson]

I want to read the book but can't, it's really upsetting😡

[Michaela]

I had to read this for my literature class, and to be honest, it was the second book that my school assigned us to read that I thoroughly enjoyed. I really liked how Beppo narrated the book, especially in the last chapters. He shared his life story and made it super entertaining with his jokes and wording. I really had no problems with any of the characters, except for one. It's not even the main antagonist. It's Roy, Beppo's best friend. I won't say I'm upset that Beppo met Roy, because I'm not. Meeting Roy greatly developed his character, since Beppo thought he had to be like Roy for them to remain friends. Which I don't think is so because their friendship sprouted from the many similarities they shared.

Roy undoubtedly was a bad influence on Beppo, introducing several overage activities to him, theft and overall being a really horrible friend. The nicest thing he had ever done was introduce Beppo to his independent lifestyle and taught him how to make use of the outdoors. If I were Beppo's parent, I would've done more than warn him about Roy's tactics.

Edited: September 5, 2023.

[Idris Mohammed]

Very good book!!!! just not the ending i hoped for :D
AWESOME LITERATURE for school

[Melissa]

Lovely read about the Caribbean- more so if you are a lover of mangoes!