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Jack Gantos
Jack Gantos has written novels for adults, young adults, and middle grade readers, as well as over twenty books for primary readers, including twelve titles chronicling the misadventures of Rotten Ralph. He lives in Santa Fe, NM. show more

Jack Gantos has written novels for adults, young adults, and middle grade readers, as well as over twenty books for primary readers, including twelve titles chronicling the misadventures of Rotten Ralph. He lives in Santa Fe, NM.
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Birth date: July 02, 1951
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MikeDI
MikeDI rated it 8 years ago
It was okay.
Read All The Things! Reviews
Read All The Things! Reviews rated it 8 years ago
When I was a kid, I was what everybody called a “reluctant reader.” Basically, if you put a book in my hands, I’d do everything in my childish power not to read it. Jon Scieszka’s picture books are some of the first books I remember reading on my own and actually liking. His strange sense of humor w...
A Reading Vocation
A Reading Vocation rated it 9 years ago
I think middle-grade historical fiction just isn't really my thing.Although this is well-written and is obviously meant to be humorous, I'm afraid it didn't make me laugh. It felt like it relied a lot on its "voice" and a sense of atmosphere, since anything resembling a plot didn't start to emerge u...
BagEndBooks
BagEndBooks rated it 10 years ago
I was very disappointed by this book. Dead End in Norvelt made me believe that the events in it actually happened, even if they were a bit exaggerated. This book had me doubting every word. Jack had a lot of character growth in the first book, he didn't grow at all in this one. Miss Volker was a lot...
Kathryn Reads KidLit
Kathryn Reads KidLit rated it 11 years ago
We love Joey and enjoy Gantos's reading on the audio version. I feel like I am listening to a kid telling his own experiences, with realistically less-than-perfect family situations. Grades 4+ Listened to June, 2014
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