Read Series: Jack Henry
by Author Jack Gantos
Jack on the Tracks: Four Seasons of Fifth Grade (2001)
This is one of my sons' summer reading books; my sons are 10 and will enter fifth grade in the fall. Although I like the book a lot, I wish my boys (who aren't the most mature kids around) were reading it in a year or two. I say that because the book has surprisingly mature content, including ref...
Heads or Tails: Stories from the Sixth Grade (1995)
Sometimes it seems as if Jack Gantos has an unending well of story ideas from his days as a kid. He takes actual experiences from the first twelve years or so of his life and mixes in just enough fiction to make for stories that are hilarious to readers of any age and reading level. Dead End in N...
Jack's New Power: Stories from a Caribbean Year (1997)
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 misadventur...
Jack Adrift: Fourth Grade Without a Clue (2005)
From the Newbery Medal-winning author of Dead End in Norvelt, eight side-splitting stories about a boy who is doing his best to keep his head above waterAs the Henry family sets sail for a new life on Cape Hatteras, fourth-grader Jack is struggling to chart a course between his parents' contradic...