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Jack's Black Book

by Jack Gantos

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From the Newbery Medal-winning author of Dead End in Norvelt,  the uproarious final volume of Jack Henry stories

According to his new motto—A WRITERS JOB IS TO TURN HIS WORST EXPERIENCES INTO MONEY—Jack Gantoss alter ego Jack Henry is going to be filty rich even before he gets out of junior high, for his life is filled with the worst experiences imaginable. For instance, in the course of the few months covered in this closing cycle of interlinked stories, Jack is humiliated by a gorgeous syncronized swimmer, gets a tattoo the size of an ant on his big toe, flubs an IQ test and nearly fails wood shop, and has to dig up his dead dog not once but twice. And thats not the half of it!

At the close of this final book of semi-autobiographical stories, Jack may not end up rolling in dough, but he will prove once again “a survivor, an ‘everyboy whose world may be wacko but whose heart and spirit are eminently sane” (School Library Journal).

Synopsis:

Comic misadventures ensue when seventh-grader Jack tries to write the great American novel.

Synopsis:

From the Newbery Medal-winning author of Dead End in Norvelt,  the uproarious final volume of Jack Henry stories

About the Author

Jack Gantos is the author of four other books featuring Jack Henry and of Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key a National Book Award finalist. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts, with his wife and daughter.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780374437169
Author:
Gantos, Jack
Publisher:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Location:
New York, N.Y.
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Children's fiction
Subject:
Boys
Subject:
Action & Adventure
Subject:
Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General
Subject:
Humorous Stories
Subject:
Social Situations - Adolescence
Subject:
Authorship
Subject:
General Juvenile Fiction
Subject:
Social Issues - Adolescence
Subject:
Action & Adventure - General
Subject:
Situations / Adolescence
Subject:
Family/General (see also headings under Social Issues)
Subject:
Family - Siblings
Subject:
Family - Parents
Subject:
School
Subject:
Education
Subject:
Children s humor
Subject:
School & Education
Subject:
Family - General
Edition Number:
Sunburst ed.
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
Jack Henry Adventures
Series Volume:
No. 5
Publication Date:
19990910
Binding:
Electronic book text in proprietary or open standard format
Grade Level:
from 5
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
176
Dimensions:
7.68x5.16x.45 in. .37 lbs.
Age Level:
10-14

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