- Come Sing, Jimmy Jo
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Come Sing, Jimmy Jo Author(s) Katherine Paterson Country United States Language English Genre(s) Children's fiction Publisher Dutton Juvenile Publication date April 30, 1985 Media type Print (Hardcover) Pages 208 pp (hardcover edition) ISBN ISBN 978-0-525-67167-1 (hardback edition) OCLC Number 11234450 LC Classification PZ7.P273 Co 1985 Come Sing, Jimmy Jo is a 1985 children's novel written by U.S. novelist Katherine Paterson. The book focuses on a West Virginia boy named James Johnson, whose parents are bluegrass music performers. When it is discovered that James has previously unrecognized musical talent, his parents force him to take the stage name "Jimmy Jo" and perform with them. But problems arise when it becomes evident that the child’s talents are greater than those of his parents, which creates strain for both the adults (particularly the jealous mother) and the emotionally conflicted boy.[1][2]
Come Sing, Jimmy Jo has been adapted into a musical play by David Paterson, the son of Katherine Paterson, with a score by Mark J. Thomas. The play has been performed by regional theater companies around the U.S.[3]
References
Novels by Katherine Paterson The Sign of the Chrysanthemum (1973) • Of Nightingales That Weep (1974) • The Master Puppeteer (1975) • Bridge to Terabithia (1977) • The Great Gilly Hopkins (1978) • Jacob Have I Loved (1980) • Rebels of the Heavenly Kingdom (1983) • Come Sing, Jimmy Jo (1985) • Park's Quest (1988) • Lyddie (1991) • Flip-Flop Girl (1994) • Jip, His Story (1996) • Parzival: The Quest of the Grail Knight (1998) • Preacher’s Boy (1999) • The Same Stuff as Stars (2002) • Bread and Roses, Too (2006) • The Day of the Pelican (2009)Categories:- 1985 novels
- American children's novels
- American young adult novels
- Novels set in West Virginia
- Children's novel stubs
- Historical novel stubs
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