Originally a movie several years ago, J.T. also evolved into a book with photos from the movie. Its powerful 125-page story about poverty, loneliness, theft, and redemption really resonated with my students, and it is still the only book we read aloud that they begged to be allowed to keep for themselves. (Of course, I had to do it!) There are no chapters in the book, but this set of questions has been divided into eleven readings of about 15-20 minutes each. Using effective instructional strat