Heads or Tails : : Stories From the Sixth Grade

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Call Number: Kids Book / Fiction / Diaries & Letters / Gantos, Jack
On Shelf At: Pittsfield Branch

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Youth level.
Jack's diary helps him deal with his problems which include dog-eating alligators, a terror for an older sister, a younger brother who keeps breaking parts of himself, and next-door neighbors who are really weird.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Look for it submitted by mbt on July 17, 2007, 3:40pm The first introduction of Jacks crazy pal Frankie Pagoda, this ook will set your imagination on track for fun! Make a great decsion now and read the book that started the Jack Henry adventures! Read more of my reviews to learn more about this amazing series.


Keep reading,

Graeme.

Jack moves and has to adapt submitted by camelsamba on June 17, 2015, 10:47am I got this series during the summer when my youngest son was moving from 5th to 6th grade. I thought he would read them on his own, but he never did, so we eventually turned to them as bedtime reading. As in Jack on the Tracks: Four Seasons of Fifth Grade, there is a lot of humor in the book, some gross-out moments (perfect for many boys of this age), and some deeper wisdom thrown in there. Not sure how much of the wisdom will stick in my son's head, but we enjoyed it.

One thing that confused him at first, though, is that the family has moved so the setting was different, and Jack is forced to make new friends. The move wasn't entirely clear from the first chapter (maybe it's only mentioned in the summary blurb on the back?), but once we got that straightened out, it was full speed ahead!