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Macmillan Children's Book

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Stories from the Sixth Grade

Jack Henry (Volume 3)

Author: Jack Gantos

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About This Book

From the Newbery Medal–winning author of Dead End in Norvelt, eight more hysterical semi-autobiographical Jack Henry stories about a sixth grader's trials and tribulations

Page Count
160
On Sale
09/19/1995
Age Range
9-13

Book Details

From the Newbery Medal–winning author of Dead End in Norvelt, eight more hysterical semi-autobiographical Jack Henry stories about a sixth grader's trials and tribulations



Jack's life is a crazy roller-coaster ride. At his fifth school in six years, he has a crackpot teacher who won't give him a break about his lousy handwriting and a secret crush who wants to be a policewoman. At home, he has a pesky little brother with a knack for getting hurt whenever Jack's supposed to be looking after him, a terror for an older sister, all sorts of weird neighbors, and, last but not least, ferocious alligators in the canal behind his house.

Writing in his diary about his good days and bad days is one way Jack survives his up-and-down year. But he's also a kid who knows that life can go any which way at any given moment.

A Common Core title.

Imprint Publisher

Square Fish

ISBN

9780374429232

Reading Guide

In The News

“Laugh-out-loud funny . . . The author has bull's-eye accuracy in capturing the private torments of a twelve-year-old.” —The Buffalo News

“As real as it gets.” —The Book Report

“The author of the offbeat Rotten Ralph picture books makes an auspicious foray into new ground with this semi-autobiographical, wholly engaging novel. His narrator, Jack, travels through the often poignant moments that highlight his sixth-grade year.” —Starred, Publishers Weekly

“Jack's a survivor, an ‘everyboy' whose world may be wacko but whose heart and spirit are eminently sane . . . Gantos is a terrific writer with a wonderfully wry sensibility.” —Starred, School Library Journal

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