Double Dutch

For my first Librarian recommended book I read "Double Dutch" by Sharon M. Draper. The book was recommended to me by Leona Keeler who is the librarian at Springport Elementary School. The book follows the stories of two middle school students named Delia and Randy.  Delia and Randy are on the double-dutch team and are very good. Their team has a chance at competing at the national championships. However both have a secret. Delia can't read and if she can't learn she may not pass school and get to continue jumping on the team. Randy's father has gone missing and he hasn't seen or heard from him in weeks. Really I didn't enjoy this book too well. I thought it really dragged on and the dialogue was awful. Its full of pointless middle school banter and is not very concise. I think because the main story line is fairly complex and made up of multiple plots its very easy to lose track of everything that's going on with the pointless dialogue and other random sidetracks that the book goes on. In all this was not my favorite book that I've read although I think the idea is good. The complex story line is very interesting and its kind of unique to see the story lines of different characters develop and come together to see how they intertwine. I really just didn't line the writing style or the way that a lot of extra things distract from the main story.