The Moves Make the Man

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Summary: Metaphor For Life
Review: The Moves Make The Man is a book that I enjoyed. The book had a lot of good details about the main characters. The author helps the reader feel the same things that the characters are feeling. Bruce Brooks made the characters seem unique and he makes them seem different from each other. I liked the way Bruce Brooks made two different people become best friends. I could relate to some of the scenes in the book because I find myself different from my friends. Bruce Brooks makes the reader feel like the main character by having the Jerome Foxworthy (the main character), narrate the book. I found that I could relate to some quotes in the book. " Reverse spin, triple pump, reverse dribble, stutter step with a twist to the left, stutter into jumper, blind pass. These are me. The moves make the man , the moves make me.". I can relate to the quote because I love football and it is not exactly a sport like basketball but the moves in football are moves that make me. Playing football is one of my favorite things to do and football makes me who I am. After reading the book, I found it to be a great book because Bruce Brooks makes you feel like you are Jerome Foxworthy and he writes quotes that are important. Bruce Brooks makes you think about how your life is compared to the characters in the book.

The Moves Make The Man is a book with a lot of information about the characters. Bruce Brooks makes the narrator of the book describe other characters by their physical appearance and the way they act. Bruce Brooks has a unique writing style and he shows it on the book. He would write about a suburban area and add a little mix of urban to it. The author has the narrator talk about his experiences with a friend he met. The book has the narrator sneak into his friend's house and has him tell the story of how they met and what they did together. Jerome, the narrator is portrayed as a kid with a lot of self confidence, but he just prefers to keep it to himself. Some quotes in the book foreshadow events that are about to happen. In one part of the book, there is a happy moment between Jerome, his brothers, and their mother. They were playing games that involved an old elevator but it also foreshadowed that the elevator was going to have an affect on them. Their mother ended up being involved in the accident with an elevator. Bruce Brooks describes how old the elevator is and had me foreshadow the events. Bruce Brooks also has a way of having readers predict what is going to happen next because the scenes are described in a way as if something big is going to happen next. For example, when Jerome tries out for the basketball team, he has to beat two other boys for a spot. The coach doesn't like Jerome so I wondered if the coach was going to switch around the rules and give the two other boys an advantage on Jerome. The author also makes the reader think at the end of the book. Bix, Jerome's friend ran away and he sends Jerome a blank postcard of the Capitol in Washington D.C.. Jerome knows it is a sign of something but he doesn't know what. Bruce Brooks makes me want to read more at the end because he writes sentences that makes me think. The book brings up questions in my mind such as "Where's Bix?" , "When will Bix tell Jerome where he is?" or "Will Bix come back?". The questions are mostly about Bix because Bruce Brooks ends the book without Bix and Jerome together. Bruce Brooks also uses basketball moves as metaphors and he relates the basketball moves such as faking to people's feelings.

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Summary: The Moves Make The Man
Review: The Moves Make The Man is about a young African American boy named Jerome who is sent to an all white school . There he meets an athletic a Caucasian boy named Bix. They become good friends, and they teach each other different things life.
I liked this book because it felt like the characters are real. I also liked it because there are some funny parts but there are also some sad parts to. Their friendship helps them through each others hard times. This books theme is basketball but it's mostly about friendship. So I would highly recommend this book..

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Summary: An everlasting friendship between Bix and Jerome.
Review: The year is 1963. Jerome Foxworthy is a thirteen- year-old boy who is a diehard basketball player. He lives in Wilmington, North Carolina (Wilmington is a small city). Jerome is not looked upon as an average citizen, because he is African American, or black as Jerome called it. White Americans were looked upon as higher in society at that time (1963). Jerome practices basketball every night at his "secret court" in the woods by his house. He decides to watch a baseball game his dad was coaching, even though he hated baseball. He sees a child called Bix. He is white, but Jerome wants to be friends with him anyway. Jerome gets transferred from his old grade school to Chestnut Junior High. His mother was hospitalized when the cable of the elevator she was riding snapped and she fell three stories. Since she was now hospitalized, Jerome had to take Home Economics class to learn how to cook for his family. He meets Bix, again, in the class and they get to know each other over time. Jerome teaches Bix how to play basketball at his "secret court". They share each other's feelings, discuss situations, and what two pals would do. Bix plays his step-dad in a game of basketball for the right to see his mother in Duke Mental Hospital, since he was just going to his Aunt's house before that. In the game, Bix wouldn't throw any fakes. Bix hated lying, jokes, or any type of tricks. Jerome had a talk with Bix that set everything straight. Bix won the right to see his mother. Jerome went with to see his mother. Bix realized he had nothing left but Jerome as a friend. What does he do? Read the book and find out.

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Summary: a GrEaT bOoK eVeRyOnE sHoUlD rEaD tHiS!
Review: This book is about a kid named Jerome who practices ball every day and is really good, he meets a kid named Braxton who was mentioned before. He has a crazy mom and Jerome-The Jayfox- discovers this kid and sees why he never lies as he gets into the mind of this mentally ill and phisically fit boy. I could never put this book down because I really wanted to see what was wrong this kid! Although it kind of lagged toward the end it's really good and I would suggest it to anyone including you.

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Summary: This was a well written bok
Review: This book is about a kid named Jerome. Jerome is an African American living in the year 1963. Jerome meets a kid named Bix whom he admires because of his physical talents. Bix however is an emotionally troubled guy. Jerome and Bix make a good friendship. I liked the book because it was interesting. There were even times I couldn't put the book down. The ending left the reader wondering what happened to Bix. It was one of those books where you could create your own ending, with everyone having a different opinion. It was appropriate because in life not everything has an ending or reason. It was interesting to see the way African Americans were treated differently back in the 60's. It talked about how Jerome was discriminated against by his basketball coach and not allowed to try out for the team. Now that I have told you about the book - go read it.

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Summary: The Moves Don't Make The Book
Review: This book is about two boys. One named Jerome who is the main charactor of the book. And the other boy is named Bix. What happens is Jerome sees Bix playing baseball one day and thinks about how good he is because it seems that Bix is "one" with the game just like Jerome is with basketball. Later when something drastic happens in Jerome's family and he needs to cook for the family, he takes home economics. When he goes to his first class the only other boy there is Bix.

So the basis of the book is Jerome trying to find out what's wrong with Bix's family. What happens in the end is really weird!

Personally I extremely disliked this book because it was slow and boring, plus a lot of the book (most of it really) had nothing to do with basketball. The ending wasn't too great either I wish I hadn't spent the time to read it. But if you like weird, twisted, slow-moving books this book is for you!

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Summary: Do you like Basketball? Yes? Read it!
Review: This book is talking about great friendship between a young black guy and a white guy. They both are really good at sports, especially, Jerome, who is the only black student at his junior high school, is an excellent basketball player and smart. Jerome is also the narrator of this book and trying to explain what's happened between him and Bix before he left from Jerome. Jerome was trying to teach Bix how to play basketball and make moves, it means fake, which is the most exciting thing of playing, but Bix'd never tried to learn how to do those things. He insisted that he'd never tried them when played any sports and won't. He thought they are lie, not real. What's going to be happened between them???? One reason I chose this book is because I'm in love with playing basketball even though I'm a girl from Japan. It's fun to imagine how Jerome was playing basketball at street in North Carolina. Besides, it's exciting to realize how relate between "The moves" of basketball and real life through the change of Bix's attitude after he used "The moves" in the game which is between Bix and his stepfather. This book tells not only how basketball is a fascinating sport but also how friends are precious through basketball. If you like basketball, this book is for you.

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Summary: not worth the read
Review: This book was reviewed by middle school teachers for our library. We all agreed that although the story was good, it was hard to follow. This book, also, has a tremendous amount of swearing in it! Therefore, we chose not to add this to our library collection. We are very surprised that this would be a Newberry Honor Book

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Summary: Great story, but why no quotation marks???
Review: This is a wonderful, thought-provoking story that my 7th graders have enjoyed very much. The relationship between Jerome and Bix is well-drawn and intriguing. The racist language has not been a problem, but the profanity has caused a little concern with some parents. That said, my personal problem with the book--and one that caused some confusion with my students--is the lack of quotation marks to indicate dialogue. The better readers pick up the flow of speech easily, but the slower ones get quite confused at times. I suppose the idea is to recreate the writing style of a young boy, but I tend to see it as somehow saying, "Look at my style--I'm writing like a young boy." Otherwise, certainly a book for basketball fans to enjoy.

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Summary: Up for a challenge?
Review: This is one of the best books that I have ever read. You need to read the book to know anything about it. A book cover couldn't possibly explain the complex plot of The Moves Make The Man. I
can't imagine how anyone could come up with a plot so realistic that it would be nearly impossible to write without it being real. I recommend this book to anyone who is up for a challenge.