Jumped vs The Misfits: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Bullies, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction, Fiction
Jumped
The wrong angleTrina: "Hey," I say, though I don't really know them. The boyed-up basketball girl barely moves. The others, her girls, step aside. It's okay if they don't speak. I know how it is. They can't all be…
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The Misfits
Kids who get called the worst names oftentimes find each other. That's how it was with us. Skeezie Tookis and Addie Carle and Joe Bunch and me. We call ourselves the Gang of Five, but there are only four of us. We do it…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Misfits highest: The Misfits 3.8 · Jumped 3.4.
- The Misfits has the widest readership — 6606 ratings behind its score.
- Jumped runs the darker storyline; The Misfits stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Jumped | The Misfits | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.4 (1455) | 3.8 (6606) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (3) | 3.7 (9) |
| Google Books | — | 3.0 (8) |
| Apple Books | 3.5 (8) | 4.0 (107) |
Reception
| Jumped | The Misfits | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1455 | 6606 |
| Editions | 10 | 16 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 1622 | 7991 |
| Reading it now | 82 | 367 |
| Written reviews | 316 | 815 |
| Wikipedia attention | 889 | 77 |
| Pages | — | 274 |