The Trouble in Me

Fiction - YA, Social Issues, Kids, Teen
Cover of the book The Trouble in Me by Jack Gantos, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
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Author: Jack Gantos ISBN: 9780374303457
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Publication: September 1, 2015
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Language: English
Author: Jack Gantos
ISBN: 9780374303457
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Publication: September 1, 2015
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Language: English

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 up in a federal penitentiary for the crimes portrayed in the memoir Hole in My Life. Set in the Fort Lauderdale neighborhood of his family's latest rental home, The Trouble in Me opens with an explosive encounter in which Jack first meets his awesomely rebellious older neighbor, Gary Pagoda, just back from juvie for car theft. Instantly mesmerized, Jack decides he will do whatever it takes to be like Gary. As a follower, Jack is eager to leave his old self behind, and desperate for whatever crazy, hilarious, frightening thing might happen next. But he may not be as ready as he thinks when the trouble in him comes blazing to life.

This title has Common Core connections.

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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 up in a federal penitentiary for the crimes portrayed in the memoir Hole in My Life. Set in the Fort Lauderdale neighborhood of his family's latest rental home, The Trouble in Me opens with an explosive encounter in which Jack first meets his awesomely rebellious older neighbor, Gary Pagoda, just back from juvie for car theft. Instantly mesmerized, Jack decides he will do whatever it takes to be like Gary. As a follower, Jack is eager to leave his old self behind, and desperate for whatever crazy, hilarious, frightening thing might happen next. But he may not be as ready as he thinks when the trouble in him comes blazing to life.

This title has Common Core connections.

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