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Star Jumps

Star Jumps

Star Jumps is a warm narrative verse-novel about a family’s life on the farm during harsh times. When Ruby, Connor and Keely invent games a Star Jump is always involved.

Marshmallow weed and calves. Tunnels and games. Hope and tears. Birth and death. These are all aspects of a farm life. A dairy farm life. Star Jumps is a book researched through years of living on a dairy farm. It’s a slice of social history. Farming as it is, not farming full of stereotypes.

My husband and I were dairy farmers for many years and although the book certainly springs out of closely lived details, the characters are fictional.

Teachers notes for Star Jumps are available and can be found here.

ISBN: 9 781 9211 5072 2
Monday, July 27, 2009