Jack's New Power : Stories from a Caribbean Year
Author(s): Jack Gantos
From the Newbery Medal–winning author of Dead End in Norvelt, life for Jack Henry in a brand-new place is filled with the same old craziness
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.
This title has Common Core connections.
Review(s):
“Extravagantly imaginative adventures . . . Combines side-splitting comedy with sweetly melancholic undertones.” —Publishers Weekly
“Sharp humor.” —Booklist
“Jack's voice is completely original.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Jack Gantos has a way with boys, or a good memory for being one.” —The New York Times Book Review
Children's Books: 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, New York Public Library, Winner BCCB Blue Ribbon Award, NYPLT Books for the Teen Age, Long-listed NYPLC Children's Books 100, Winner NYPL Books for the Teen Age, Long-listed School Library Best Books of the Year, Books for the Teen Age, New York Public Library, School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Award
ISBN: 9780374437152