In a tale drawn from the author's childhood diaries, Jack Henry endures the most miserable of all fifth grade years, hounded by bizarre teachers, older sisters, crazed cats, a tapeworm, and escaped convicts.
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"Jack...returns here in an account of the year before his other adventures, when his family first moves to Florida...His struggle for maturation is enhanced by Gantos' effervescent writing style and grasp of the gross and horrifying...This will reel kids right in." --"Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"Jack . . . returns here in an account of the year before his other adventures, when his family first moves to Florida . . . His struggle for maturation is enhanced by Gantos' effervescent writing style and grasp of the gross and horrifying . . . This will reel kids right in." --"Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"
"Jack . . . returns here in an account of the year . . . when his family first moves to Florida . . . His struggle for maturation is enhanced by Gantos's effervescent writing style and grasp of the gross and horrifying . . . This will reel kids right in." --"Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"
"A laugh-out-loud read inhabited by killer cats, giant tapeworms, and escaped convicts." --"The Horn Book"
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"Hilarious, exquisitely painful, and utterly on-target." --"Booklist"
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"Poignant, funny, and real." --"School Library Journal"
Jack . . . returns here in an account of the year . . . when his family first moves to Florida . . . His struggle for maturation is enhanced by Gantos's effervescent writing style and grasp of the gross and horrifying . . . This will reel kids right in. "Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"
A laugh-out-loud read inhabited by killer cats, giant tapeworms, and escaped convicts. "The Horn Book"
Hilarious, exquisitely painful, and utterly on-target. "Booklist"
Poignant, funny, and real. "School Library Journal""
"Jack . . . returns here in an account of the year . . . when his family first moves to Florida . . . His struggle for maturation is enhanced by Gantos's effervescent writing style and grasp of the gross and horrifying . . . This will reel kids right in." --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"A laugh-out-loud read inhabited by killer cats, giant tapeworms, and escaped convicts." --The Horn Book
"Hilarious, exquisitely painful, and utterly on-target." --Booklist
"Poignant, funny, and real." --School Library Journal
Jack Gantos is the author of three other books featuring Jack Henry and, most recently, of Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, a National Book Award finalist. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts, with his wife and daughter.
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