Double Dutch

By Sharon M. Draper

Subjects: Ohio, fiction, African Americans, African americans, fiction, Rope skipping, Reading Level-Grade 12, Friendship, fiction, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 8, Schools, fiction, Reading Level-Grade 7, Fiction, Children's fiction, Reading Level-Grade 11, Juvenile fiction, Reading Level-Grade 10, Dyslexia, Contests, Schools, Friendship

Description: Three eighth-grade friends, preparing for the International Double Dutch Championship jump rope competition in their home town of Cincinnati, Ohio, cope with Randy's missing father, Delia's inability to read, and Yo Yo's encounter with the class bullies.