Michaela Morgan

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By Michaela Morgan
Review by Year 9 Colmers School and Sports
College Rubery Birmingham
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• This is the truth.
• The whole truth.
• And nothing but the truth
• about the book Respect!

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The Basic Storyline

• The book begins when a boy called Walter Tull
  (Tully) and his
• little brother Eddy move into an orphanage. After
  being
• continuously bullied, Tully becomes a well known
  name in the
• orphanage when his amazing talent of football is
  discovered.
• Tully is seen playing by a local team, Clapton
  FC, who then
• ask Tully to play for their team. Tully is later
  picked up by the
• high flying team, Tottenham Hotspur. Tully is
  their star player
• but is not respected by the fans because of his
  skin
• colour.
• Tully becomes the first ever black player to play
  in the
• premiership. At first the fans do not like him
  but after a short
• while his amazing talent with a ball at his feet
  earns the respect
• of fans world wide. However, Tullys fame is cut
  short when he
• volunteers to help his country in the First World
  War

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What We Liked

• One of the things that we liked and found
  effective about the book
• was how even though it was short, and quick to
  read, there was an
• interesting storyline which did not get boring.
• If the book was much longer then it may have
  seemed to drag on.
• Also because it was not too long it appeals to a
  wide range of
• people. You dont have to be very clever or
  intelligent to read or
• understand the book.
• This is good because youre learning as you
  read, but it feels like youre only reading a
  story.
• We think this is the best book because it was
  interesting and made good points about real life
  issues and problems such as racism.

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Why we think the writer wrote Respect

• We feel that the writer wrote this book to
• make the reader think about the choices in life.
• This makes you think about the ones that are
• right and the ones that are wrong. This puts you
• in the position of someone who is being bullied
• because of the colour of their skin.
• This shows that everyone is the same and it
  doesnt
• matter about the way you look. We think he wanted
  
• people to think about Tully because he says that
• not many people remember him.

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The Message to the Reader

• Everyone is
• the same!
• People should be allowed to do
• what they like, even if they have
• a different skin colour or
• background.

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A must read!