Sarah Louise, who lives with her family on a Chesapeake Bay island, grows up feeling less important than her twin sister, until she finally begins to find her own identity... More »
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Her grandmother obviously favors Caroline and her sharp tongue only intensifies Louise's self-doubt. It is the grandmother who cruelly whispers to Louise the verse from the Bible from which the title is taken, where God says, "Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated".
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Katherine Paterson credits the idea behind Jacob Have I Loved to William W. Warner's Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and Chesapeake Bay. After this book peaked her interest in the Chesapeake Bay watermen, Paterson began her novel Jacob Have I Loved as an exploration of this Chesapeake tradition.
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Reader Alert:This story takes place on the island Rass, a small island in the Chesapeake Bay. ... (On a scale of one to five with five being the best.) ... Littleton Jr/Sr High School...
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"Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated . . ." With her grandmother's taunt, Louise knew that she, like the biblical Esau, was the despised elder twin. Caroline, her selfish younger sister, was the one everyone loved. ... "A novel of special brilliance." New York Times Book Review...
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Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson ... The author chose to open the book with a chapter that describes Rass Island and the life of the watermen. Why do you think she decided to do this? What importance is it to the novel?
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(For this book talk, I would dress in an old t-shirt and jeans and try to act like a 5th grader.) ... Paterson, Katherine. (1982) Jacob Have I Loved. New York: Harper Row ... Jacob Have I Loved, 1980...
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