Jack Gantos

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Desire Lines

Jack Gantos

When sixteen-year-old Walker gets caught up in a witch-hunt against homosexuals, he is left to stand by and watch as a tragedy unfolds.

Paperback
Published: Jan 1997

Dead End in Norvelt

Jack Gantos

Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, Dead End in Norvelt is the story of an incredible two months for a boy named Jack Gantos, whose plans for vacation adventure are suddenly ruined when he is grounded by his feuding pa...

Unabridged CD
Published: Sep 2011

Dead End in Norvelt

Jack Gantos

Dead End in Norvelt is the winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal for the year's best contribution to children's literature and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction! Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, Dead End in ...

Paperback
Published: May 2013

The Trouble in Me

Jack Gantos

This fiery autobiographical novel captures a pivotal week or two in the life of fourteen-year-old Jack Gantos, as the author reveals the moment he began to slide off track as a kid who in just a few years would find himself locked ...

Unabridged CD
Published: Sep 2015

Heads or Tails: Stories from the Sixt...

Jack Gantos

Jack's diary helps him deal with his problems which include dog-eating alligators, a terror for an older sister, a younger brother who keeps breaking parts of himself, and next-door neighbors who are really weird.

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Published: Sep 1995

Jack Adrift: Fourth Grade Without a C...

Jack Gantos

He's really at sea this time As the Henry family sets sail for a new life on Cape Hatteras, fourth-grader Jack is struggling to chart a course between his parents' contradictory advice on making friends and influencing people. Just t...

Paperback
Published: Oct 2005

Back to School for Rotten Ralph

Jack Gantos

The character Rotten Ralph was created more than twenty years ago. Now the worlds most rotten cat and his friend, Sarah, set out again on a variety of capricious capers. In three brand-new boisterously entertaining stories, Rotten Ral...

Paperback
Published: Aug 2000

Jack's Black Book: What Happens When ...

Jack Gantos

A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. Jack Gantos explores Jack Henry's disastrously hilarious adventures in fifth grade in Jack on the Tracks, newly available this season.

Paperback
Published: Sep 1999

Jack on the Tracks: Four Seasons of F...

Jack Gantos

A prequel to Heads or Tails: Stories from the Sixth Grade.Inspired by the author's childhood diaries, this new collection of Jack Henry stories depicts a fifth-grade year to end all fifth-grade years. Living in a Miami rental home wit...

Paperback
Published: Sep 2001

A Pain in the Pigza (Joey Pigza)

Jack Gantos

Joey Pigza is a boy with big ideas and a heart bigger than his best friend in the whole world—Pablo, his loving chihuahua. Joey returns in a second Audible Original, this time to help rescue all the local dogs that need good homes a...

Unabridged MP3-CD
Published: Dec 2019

From Norvelt to Nowhere (Norvelt Seri...

Jack Gantos

This rocket-paced follow-up to the Newbery Medal-winning novel Dead End in Norvelt opens deep in the shadow of the Cuban missile crisis. But instead of Russian warheads, other kinds of trouble are raining down on young Jack Gantos and...

Paperback
Published: May 2015

Hole in My Life

Jack Gantos

Becoming a writer the hard wayIn the summer of 1971, Jack Gantos was an aspiring writer looking for adventure, cash for college tuition, and a way out of a dead-end job. For ten thousand dollars, he recklessly agreed to help sail a si...

Paperback
Published: Apr 2012

I Am Not Joey Pigza

Jack Gantos

Just when Joey Pigza’s wired world finally seems to be under control, his good-for-nothing dad pops back into his life. This time, though, Carter Pigza is a new man – literally. After a lucky lotto win, Carter Pigza has a crazy ne...

Paperback
Published: Jul 2014

Jack's New Power: Stories from a Cari...

Jack Gantos

Jack Henry, the hero of Heads or Tails: Stories from Sixth Grade, is back. It is the summer after sixth grade and Jack and his offbeat family have relocated to Barbados. But even in a tropical paradise, Jack is plagued by misadventure...

Paperback
Published: Sep 1997

Joey Pigza Loses Control

Jack Gantos

The sequel to Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, a National Book Award FinalistWhen Joey Pigza meets his dad for the first time in years, he meets a grown-up version of his old out-of-control self. Carter Pigza is as wired as Joey used to ...

Paperback
Published: Jul 2014

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key

Jack Gantos

"They say I'm wired bad, or wired sad, but there's no doubt about it―I'm wired."Joey Pigza's got heart, he's got a mom who loves him, and he's got "dud meds," which is what he calls the Ritalin pills that are supposed to even out hi...

Paperback
Published: Jul 2014

Practice Makes Perfect for Rotten Ral...

Jack Gantos

When the carnival comes to town, the world's favorite fractious feline discovers the hilariously wrong way to victory before he gets it right. "Illustrated with Rubel's deadpan pictures, this is a prize for newly independent read...

Paperback
Published: Oct 2009

Rotten Ralph Helps Out

Jack Gantos

Sarah is excited about her school project on ancient Egypt. She would like Ralph's help. But Ralph's idea of helping out is no help at all. According to Sarah, the ancient Egyptians believed cats were wise and had special powers. Can ...

Paperback
Published: Feb 2012

The Key That Swallowed Joey Pigza

Jack Gantos

The fifth and final book in the groundbreaking Joey Pigza series brings the beloved chronicle of this wired, wacky, and wonderful boy to a crescendo of chaos and craziness, as everything goes topsy-turvy for Joey just as he starts to ...

Paperback
Published: Sep 2015

The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs

Jack Gantos

On an unseasonably warm Easter Sunday, a young girl named Ivy discovers a chilling secret in the basement of the Rumbaugh pharmacy across the street from the hotel where she lives with her mother. The discovery reveals a disturbing si...

Paperback
Published: Jun 2008

The Missing Half of Joey Pigza (The H...

Jack Gantos

It's a whole new school year, and Joey Pigza is determined to leave his wired ways in the past and be the paying attention, focused, straight-A student he believes he can be. But seated next to him is Bean, a new girl who is in foster...

Unabridged MP3-CD
Published: Dec 2020

The Trouble in Me

Jack Gantos

This fiery autobiographical novel captures a pivotal week or two in the life of fourteen-year-old Jack Gantos, when he began to slide off track as a kid who in just a few years would find himself locked up in a federal penitentiary fo...

Paperback
Published: Apr 2017

What Would Joey Do?

Jack Gantos

Sequel to Joey Pigza Loses Control a Newbery Honor Book Are they flirting or fighting This is Joey Pigzas question when the fireworks suddenly start to explode between his long-separated mom and dad whom hes never really had a chance ...

Paperback
Published: Jul 2014
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