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John Gantos Jr. (better known as Jack Gantos) was born on July 2, 1951, in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. His parents were John, a construction superintendent, and Elizabeth, a banker. He has an older sister and two younger brothers. When Jack was in first grade he was placed in the Bluebird reading group. He was not aware until later that the Bluebird reading group was for slow readers. Also, at that time, his favorite game to play was pretending to set his clothes on fire. Then he would roll do...

John Gantos Jr. (better known as Jack Gantos) was born on July 2, 1951, in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. His parents were John, a construction superintendent, and Elizabeth, a banker. He has an older sister and two younger brothers. When Jack was in first grade he was placed in the Bluebird reading group. He was not aware until later that the Bluebird reading group was for slow readers. Also, at that time, his favorite game to play was pretending to set his clothes on fire. Then he would roll down a hill to save himself. This is also the time that Jack got his first journal. His older sister was given a journal by their mom, and Jack wanted to be just like his big sister so he wanted one to. Everyday, Jack wrote in his journal about the weather and the things he had eaten.When Jack was seven, his family moved to Barbados. He went to a British school, where reading and writing were the subjects stressed the most. The school was very competitive, but the teachers made learning fun. His move to Barbados provoked Jack to write more personal information in his journal, including stories. By fifth grade, Jack reports that he had learned ninety percent of what he knows now. His family then moved to south Florida. He discovered that his fellow classmates had little interest in their studies. He found an abandoned bookmobile by the school’s baseball field, where he would read all day long.In junior high Jack went to a school that had once been a state prison. He spent all of his free time reading. Eventually, in high school, Jack decided that he wanted to be a professional writer. When Jack graduated from high school, he left Florida to go to Emerson College in Boston.In the summer of 1971, Jack wanted to make money quickly for college. He partook in some illegal activities. Jack was offered ten thousand dollars to help sail a boat loaded with a ton of hashish. Unfortunately, Jack got caught and was sent to prison. When Jack was in prison he contemplated about his dream of becoming a writer. He decided to make a plan in order for him to accomplish that goal. When Jack was released from prisoner he started a whole new life.At Emerson College, Jack met an art student, Nicole Rubel. They teamed up to create picture books for children. However, Jack received his first rejection letter and got very frustrated. Then he remembered some advice a teacher had told him, to write what you know. He was at his desk and looked down, and there was his cat getting into trouble. His cat became Rotten Ralph.Jack Gantos’s first book, Rotten Ralph, was published in 1976. His friend Nicole Rubel did the illustrations for the book. The same year he earned his B.F.A in creative writing from Emerson College. He then decided to become a freelance writer. Gantos continued to write his picture books and started working part-time at Emerson College as a writing instructor. Gantos became an associate professor of creative writing and literature at Emerson College after receiving his master’s degree in creative writing. On November 11th 1989, Jack married an art dealer named Anne A. Lower. They have a daughter, Mabel Grace. At Emerson, Jack became Graduate Coordinator for the M. A. degree in creative and professional writing.In 1994, Jack produced his first book in the “Jack Henry Series.” The Jack Henry books were based on Jack’s real life. In 1995, Jack became a full professor at Emerson College. The following year, Gantos went to Vermont College. He became a core faculty member, and designed the M.F.A. program. He also taught a class on writing for children, before returning to Emerson College. In 1998, Jack published his first book of the Joey Pigza trilogy, which became one of his most critically acclaimed works. In 2001, his book Joey Pigza Loses Control was a Newberry Honor Book.Today, Jack Gantos lives in Boston, Massachusetts. He spends most of his time writing books and doing educational speaking. He is a frequent conference speaker, university lecturer, and in-service provider.
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Dead End in Norvelt
Dead End in Norvelt

Dead End in Norvelt is the winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal for the year's best contribution to children's literature and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction! Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, Dead End in Norvelt is a novel about an incredible two months for a kid named Jack Gantos, whose plans for vacation excitement are shot down when he is "grounded for life" by ...

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Jack's New Power: Stories from a Caribbean Year (Jack Henry Adventures)
Jack's New Power: Stories from a Caribbean Year (Jack Henry Adventures)

From the Newbery Medal–winning author of Dead End in Norvelt, life for Jack Henry in a brand-new place is filled with the same old craziness Jack Henry has moved to the island of Barbados with his offbeat family and his secret diary. But still he can’t escape his penchant for wacky misadventure. Because of a headless chicken, he gets a violent case of blood poisoning. In a pepper-eating contest...

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Heads or Tails: Stories from the Sixth Grade (Jack Henry)
Heads or Tails: Stories from the Sixth Grade (Jack Henry)

From the Newbery Medal–winning author of Dead End in Norvelt, eight more hysterical semi-autobiographical Jack Henry stories about a sixth grader’s trials and tribulations Jack’s life is a crazy roller-coaster ride. At his fifth school in six years, he has a crackpot teacher who won’t give him a break about his lousy handwriting and a secret crush who wants to be a policewoman. At home, he has ...

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Hole in My Life
Hole in My Life

Jack Gantos, bestselling author of the Joey Pigza books, had a peripatetic childhood around the US and the Caribbean. At 18 years old, he was doing a dead-end job on a Caribbean island, looking for adventure and a way to fund himself through university. When he was offered $10,000 to sail a boatload of drugs to New York, he jumped at it. It resulted in a year in a federal prison - and a...

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Jack's Black Book
Jack's Black Book

From the Newbery Medal-winning author of "Dead End in Norvelt," the uproarious final volume of Jack Henry storiesAccording to his new motto--A WRITER'S JOB IS TO TURN HIS WORST EXPERIENCES INTO MONEY--Jack Gantos's alter ego Jack Henry is going to be filty rich even before he gets out of junior high, for his life is filled with the worst experiences imaginable. For instance, in the cours...

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Jack Adrift: Fourth Grade Without a Clue
Jack Adrift: Fourth Grade Without a Clue

From the Newbery Medal–winning author of Dead End in Norvelt, eight side-splitting stories about a boy who is doing his best to keep his head above water As the Henry family sets sail for a new life on Cape Hatteras, fourth-grader Jack is struggling to chart a course between his parents’ contradictory advice on making friends and influencing people. Just tell people what they want to hear, Dad ...

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Jack on the Tracks: Four Seasons of Fifth Grade (Jack Henry)
Jack on the Tracks: Four Seasons of Fifth Grade (Jack Henry)

From the Newbery Medal–winning author of Dead End in Norvelt, nine semi-autobiographical stories that will make you laugh so hard it hurts In Jack on the Tracks, fifth-grader Jack Henry is hoping for fresh adventure when he moves to a new home in Miami with his family, but he can’t escape his old worrying ways. He worries about being fascinated with all things gross and disgusting. He worries a...

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Rotten Ralph
Rotten Ralph

Ralph, a very, very nasty cat, finally sees the error of his ways -- or does he?

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Three Strikes for Rotten Ralph
Three Strikes for Rotten Ralph

Before he tries out for the new Fighting Squirrels baseball team, Rotten Ralph is sure he is going to be a superstar. Never mind that he doesn’t have any skills and doesn’t want to practice. While his owner, Sarah, is doing everything she can to make the team, she tries to help Ralph do his best, too. But with his imagination running wild, Ralph’s worst is what comes out.

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