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The Mostly True Story of Jack

The Mostly True Story of Jack - Paperback

by Kelly Barnhill
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Availability:In StockContributor:Kelly BarnhillAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2012-09-11Pages:352
Language:EnglishPublisher:Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersISBN-13:9780316056724ISBN-10:316056723UPC:9780316056724Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Fairy Tales & Folklore, Family, Social ThemesBook Topic:Adaptations, FriendshipSize:7.67 x 5.39 x 0.89 inchesWeight:0.56Product ID:SC4Y4ZTBFG
Newbery Medal-winner Kelly Barnhill's debut novel is an eerie tale of magic, friendship, and sacrifice.

Enter a world where magic bubbles just below the surface. . . .

When Jack is sent to Hazelwood, Iowa, to live with his strange aunt and uncle, he expects a summer of boredom. Little does he know that the people of Hazelwood have been waiting for him for quite a long time. When he arrives, he begins to make actual friends for the first time in his life-but the town bully beats him up and the richest man in town begins to plot Jack's imminent, and hopefully painful, demise. It's up to Jack to figure out why suddenly everyone cares so much about him. Back home he was practically... invisible.

The Mostly True Story of Jack is a stunning debut novel about things broken, things put back together, and finding a place to belong.

"There's a dry wit and playfulness to Barnhill's writing that recalls Lemony Snicket and Blue Balliett...a delightfully unusual gem." --Los Angeles Times
Language:EnglishPublisher:Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersISBN-13:9780316056724ISBN-10:316056723UPC:9780316056724Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Fairy Tales & Folklore, Family, Social ThemesBook Topic:Adaptations, FriendshipSize:7.67 x 5.39 x 0.89 inchesWeight:0.56Product ID:SC4Y4ZTBFG
Kelly Barnhill is a poet and writer who also wrote The Witch's Boy and Iron Hearted Violet. The Mostly True Story of Jack, her debut novel, received four starred reviews. Kelly lives in Minnesota with her husband and three children.
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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