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208 pp.
| Farrar |
September, 2015 |
TradeISBN 978-0-374-37995-7$17.99
(2)
YA
By the summer before eighth grade, young Jack Gantos was a "drifty kid...easily led off course." Trying to be somebody else, he fell into the orbit of juvenile delinquent neighbor Gary Pagoda. This volume acts as a preface to Hole in My Life; readers of both books will experience the full arc of Jack's wild behavior, severe consequences, and, ultimately, his redemption.
Reviewer: Dean Schneider
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
September, 2015