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.