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Jack's New Power

Stories from a Caribbean Year

Jack GantosSeries: Jack Henry
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Pages
224
Year
1995
Language
English
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

About

Jack Henry has moved to the island of Barbados with his offbeat family and his secret diary. But still, he can't escape his penchant for wacky misadventure. Because of a headless chicken, he gets a violent case of blood poisoning. In a pepper-eating contest with his father, he discovers the perils of male bonding. And then, he has his heartstrings twanged by an older woman who just happens to be his sister's best friend.

These are just a few of his trials and tribulations in these eight fierce and funny stories, based on the author's own childhood diaries.

Related Subjects

  • Short Stories
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Adolescence & Coming of Age
  • Social Themes
  • General
  • Family
  • Caribbean & Latin America
  • Places

Reviews

"Extravagantly imaginative adventures . . . Combines side-splitting comedy with sweetly melancholic undertones."
Publishers Weekly
"Sharp humor."
Booklist
"Jack's voice is completely original."
Kirkus Reviews

Extended Details

  • ATOSGrade Level 4.3
  • EditionFirst Edition
  • Interest LevelsMG
  • Lexile580L
  • SeriesJack Henry #2

Artists

Jack GantosAuthor

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