The book I read was the battle of Jericho by Sharon M. Draper. This book is a fiction\ teen drama. The central idea of the book is when you know when the line of good and bad are crossed. The battle of Jericho is about a sixteen year old boy named Jericho. Who is happy when he and his cousin josh get invited to be pledges for the warrior of distinction. This club is one of the oldest and most secretive clubs. Just being in this club helps Jericho get the attention of one of the most beautiful girl in school her name is Arielle. As Jericho gets closer to become a warrior of distinction the tasks that he has to do become more humiliating and makes him make painful choice. While this goes on he ponders if being in this club is worth it all.This book is very interesting its has many good parts and is very surprising like when Jericho has to suck the toe of a pledge master u think that he will never sink himself so low just to join a club. This book is not a descriptive as I thought but it did give u a basic image of what is happening during the book. The most vivid part was when Jericho got his car at Christmas time it was a red 1994 Pontiac grand am. I could see him jumping up and down in the snow. This book was pretty direct on what they were trying to say they really didn’t beat around the bush. I can compare this book to myself because when I really want something I try really hard to get it. This book reminds me of the book tears of the tiger because of how there both about teens that is having problems in life.If I can recommend this book to teen male boys. Because how much desire can really drive someone really far.If you like this book u will like tears of the tiger, forged by fire, and darkness before dawn, because they are all about struggling teens
aaaThe Battle Of Jericho by Sharon Draper, is a interesting book because it deals with young people and the problems they face in school, outside of school, and at home. I can relate to this because because im young and still in high school like the kids in the book. The main characters name is Jericho, he’s a junior in high school. Everything is normal until he and his two friends, Josh and Kofi, is asked to help run a toy drive by the warriors of distinction, a group of kids in school who do activities for the community and for the school. Even though this didn’t mean they were going to be part of the group, they were still excited that they were even asked to help. Meanwhile, he is trying to get the attention of a girl he likes named Arielle. She saw him talking to the warriors of distinction and that’s what got her attention. Shortly after that, Jericho started talking to her more. Jericho asked Arielle if she would like to help Jericho with the toy drive, and she gladly accepted.During the process of becoming a warrior, Jericho saw that it was not as he expected it. He saw that the warriors stole from stores and did other things they shouldn’t be doing. They had an initiation type thing to see if they had what it took to be a warrior, but there is a accident and it lead to the death of one of the boys. I’d recommend this book to young people who face problems in and out of school or at home.
Quite the book that could scare parents of high school aged children. Written before Copper Sun, I can see how Sharon Draper has developed as an author; I can only think that she will continue getting better. I am enjoying her has an author that I want to read more of. The Battle of Jericho is a good book for young adults to read to try to show them the importance of not becoming lemmings and follow the crowd without using th good snese they were given. I can see how this could happen in todays world - kids always want to fit it but to what limits are they willing to go and make sacrifices. The end of the book gave me an intake of breath. I'm glad that I read this book.
—Toni
The Battle of Jericho by Sharon M. DraperSummary: The Warriors of Distinction is the finest club in the school. They have live parties, girls, and good grades. When Jericho, his cousin, Josh, Kofi, and Dana (not on purpose. No spoilers :-) ) get invited to pledge in the club, along with 11 other pledges, they say they would do anything to be among The Warriors of Distinction. But that's not entirely true.The Battle of Jericho was an okay book, it had great plot and characters. It also had a great ending, leaving the mind to wander about the outcome of the situation, like good books do.However, there were many things I disliked about this book. For instance, why is the title of the book The Battle of Jericho? I understand this was about hazing and stuff, but the title made me think about fighting, which was NOT the subject of the book.And then the cover, I understand it correlates to what happened.... but my friends were giving me the look and asking me what am I doing with a book that has a boys butt on the cover.Sharon M. Draper used horrible sentence structure and punctuation, in my opinion. She is one of my favorites, but by far out of all I read in her work, this is the worst.
—Jaylee Davis
Being in high school and not being popular isn't easy. Jericho was an outcast at first. He had a few friends: Josh, Dana, Kofi, Arielle, and November. Jericho, Josh, and Kofi were asked to be in a school group called the Warriors of Distinction. They were excited because they were finally getting a chance to be popular in school. Dana then wanted to be in the group,too. She was going to be the only girl pledging and if she made it in she believed that she was going to make a difference. They had to do a weeks worth of doing what The Warriors of Distinction told them to do. When it was the final day, they all had to do the Leap of Faith. They had to jump from a window of a 2-story house. Everyone made it down safely except for Josh, Jericho's cousin. He fell and hit his head. They called an ambulance and he was pronounced dead at the hospital. Nothing was ever the same after that.
—Tyesha Barton
