Jip, His Story

Critique The book is about a boy named Jip he is a young boy. Jip lives on this farm, Sheldon was also a boy that growed up with Jip, they both have to do chores around the farm. This book is very interesting, there were parts in the book that made you get on the edge of your seat because how inten......more

This is a captivating story about a boy in the 1800's, in Vermont. He doesn't know about his family, but bonds with others in his poor farm, including a mentally-ill man. The story of his near-kidnapping is an adventure, plus a great tale of social justice. Good for Young Adults & adults as well as......more

Jip is a story of the evilness of slavery, of poverty, of classism, of hope and the wonderful commitment to safety via the underground railroad. Jip (so named because allegedly as a baby, he fell off a wagon while traveling with gypsies), lives and works on a poor farm, uneducated and mistreated, st......more

a well written book, sort a Vermont Huck Finn with a new angle.......more

When he was very young, Jip, so-called because he may have been the son of gypsies, fell from a wagon in a Vermont town, and no one ever came back for him. With nowhere else to go, Jip was placed on the poor farm, along with other marginalized residents, including the mentally ill and physically dis......more