Jack Gantos, the fictional character created from bits of the real Jack Gantos and some from his writer's mind, fires off a live ammo from a WWII Japanese rifle and ends up grounded for the entire summer. These two months in 1962 prove to be pivotal. When he is not reading the entire series of Landmark history books, he’s digging a bomb shelter in the backyard, or he’s Miss Volker’s typewriting recorder for her town founders obits, complete with historical events that occurred on their last day. Quirky characters, strange adventures, Eleanor Roosevelt stories, and some very interesting history are presented with a wit that makes you laugh out loud.
P.S. Gantos really did live in Norvelt, Penn.
Gantos reading his own work is such a delight.
Newbery Medal winner
2012 Notable Children's Recordings
2012 Notable Children's Book
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