Reviews for Jimi and Me

The average rating for Jimi and Me based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-03-06 00:00:00 Calvin Woolfolk Jimi & Me by Jaime Adoff is a verse novel. In a verse novel, the story is told throughout a collection of poems, usually each poem being its own chapter. This book follows the life of a young boy, Keith, after his father's violent death. The death of his father leads to Keith moving to a small town in Ohio, away from Brooklyn and everything he has ever known. Keith relies heavily on music, specifically Jimi Hendrick's music, to help him through this hard time. This hardship forces Keith to grow up a little bit faster. I had never read a novel set-up like this; however, I enjoyed reading a book through poems. This book was personally an interesting read. Furthermore, this book could be used to teach several concepts in the classroom. To introduce it to the classroom, the teacher could read either a couple of chapters or the entire novel with the class. The students could analyze the way the poetry is written and write their own. This book could also be used to show that everyone should be treated the same at school no matter how different they may seem. This relates to the book because Keith would wear hippy clothes to his new school, however, this instantly set him apart from his classmates. I would remind my students to treat each person with respect and kindness.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-12-17 00:00:00 Giorgio Pettinari Aiden (he's a freshman now) told me about this book three years ago and I finally got to it! It's a narrative poem so it's another quick read. It was pretty good. This boy's dad unexpectedly dies and they have to move to an unwelcoming small town in Ohio from big time NYC. The main character is bi-racial (white mom/black dad) which doesn't sit well at his new school. So if dealing with that isn't enough...he soon learns a secret about his dad's life that makes things even more difficult!