The Mostly True Story of Jack [Audio CD] Barnhill, Kelly and Daniels, Luke

from ALelliott

Jack has always felt invisible. Which is a normal way for a kid to feel sometimes, but what if your own mom forgets who you are? When Jack is sent away from San Francisco to live with his kooky aunt and uncle in Iowa while his parents undergo a divorce, he is nervous and angry. After all, what is...

from AmyLovsBooks

Jack has been invisible almost all his life, even in the eyes of his family. after his parents divorce he was sent to Hazelwood, Iowa, to live with his aunt and uncle. all h expected was boredom but found friendship instead. Mr. Avery, the richest man in town seems to plotting his death. The ques...

from ref27

Reminiscent of Greenwitch, etc with magic deriving from the natural power inherent in the earth and a focus on the appropriate balance of good and evil. Scrappy characters, slightly underdeveloped villians, appealingly descriptive language.

from delphica

My problem right out of the gate is that this a genre I have never been much fond of to begin with. I've never bought into the entire Midwestern town being fueled by magic ... maybe I'm too pragmatic, but it starts raising a whole lot of TQM flags for me, a entire town, that's a lot of infrastruc...

from skraftdesigns

Fiction books involving magic are so popular with kids now, I better just get used to it if I want to give excellent service when recommending good books. When I finished this book I just thought 'what the freak.' But many people liked the book and I am apparently missing something. Jack is broug...