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Jack on the Tracks
$9.99
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Book Details
From the Newbery Medal–winning author of Dead End in Norvelt, nine semi-autobiographical stories that will make you laugh so hard it hurts
In Jack on the Tracks, fifth-grader Jack Henry is hoping for fresh adventure when he moves to a new home in Miami with his family, but he can't escape his old worrying ways. He worries about being fascinated with all things gross and disgusting. He worries about his crazy French-obsessed schoolteacher. And most of all he worries about worrying so much.
In this cycle of interrelated stories, there may be light at the end of the tunnel, if only Jack can get on the right track to survive his outrageous year.
This title has Common Core connections.
Imprint Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN
9781429978866
Reading Guide
In The News
“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
About the Creators
Jack on the Tracks