Schmidt, G. D. (2015). Orbiting Jupiter. Boston, NY: Clarion Books.
Jack and Joseph meet under
unexpected circumstances. After Joseph tells Jack everything he has been
through a bond of friendship is built. They have each other’s backs. Joseph’s
main concern is finding his daughter he had at such a tender age. As he does
all he can to locate his daughter his biological father shows up trying to help
his son but really only looking out for himself.
Character plays a tremendous
role in this book, we have Jack a twelve year old whose parents are foster
parents. Then we have Joseph a fourteen year old who joins their family. These
two characters are very different from each other. Joseph has had a very
difficult life from a very young age. Then we are introduced to Jupiter a very
big piece of the puzzle to this story. She is the child that Joseph is desperately
trying to find. The style of the book is shown by the story being told in the
point of view of Jack. We can feel the hurt, anger, and love he feels with
every story Joseph tells him about his life.
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