Dead end in norvelt, winner of the newbery medal and the. Jack gantos received both his bfa and his ma from emerson college in boston. Hole in my life by jack gantos is a story of one young mans struggle to become a writer. In the summer of 1971, jack gantos was an aspiring writer looking for adventure, cash for college tuition. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Printz award and the same year became a winner of the robert f. Gantos was a young man with little supervision who led a life that involved many moves and opportunities. Jack gantos has written books for people of all ages, from picture books and middlegrade fiction to novels for young adults and adults. His book the trouble in me is an autobiographical novel about a fourteenyearold jack gantos, and his book dead end in novelt won the newbery medal, the scott odell award for historical fiction. Its like when you read a book and you know that the words are important, but the images blossoming in your imagination are even more important because its your mind that allows the words to come to life. Hole in my life is the autobiographical story of jack gantos during his younger years. Whiteindependent reading18th october 12hole in my lifeby jack gantos, biography, 200 pageshole in my life is a very eye opening auto biography by jack gantos, a young american man who led a life without any superstition.
I feel like mainly everything about the book was good and interesting. In the early 1970s, the future didnt look very bright for the 20yearold gantos, who was arrested for his involvement in a drug smuggling scheme and. This was a life quite unlike those of many other children. The book starts with a young teenager, named jack, who dreams of one day becoming a famous writer. Hole in my life has 12 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Teenage readers will appreciate jack gantoss frankness in his jail memoir, hole in my life, says keith gray. Jack gantos is currently one of the most successful writers of juvenile fiction, and has authored over a dozen rotten ralph books, including two. In 1971 jack gantos was scraping through his final year of high school.
The latest rotten ralph book was published in 2014. In hole in my life, this prizewinning author of over thirty books for young people confronts the period of struggle and confinement that marked the end of his own youth. Becoming a writer the hard wayin the summer of 1971, jack gantos was an aspiring writer looking for adventure, cash for college tuition, and a. In the early 1970s, jack in gantos was an aspiring writer who didnt have the money he needed to attend college, and he was in a job he hated. His parents had moved to st croix in the virgin islands, but he was. A memoir, by turns harrowing and hilarious, about a huge mistake. Jack gantos interesting life has provided the raw material for many of his books.
Hole in my life summary and study guide supersummary. I find myself moving like a knife, carving my way around people, cutting myself out of their picture and leaving nothing of myself behind but a hole. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read hole in my life. Hole in my life is an american autobiography of jack gantos and was published by macmillan publishers in 2002. Today gantos is a successful childrens book write, but he was not the person he is today. In his memoir a hole in my life he tells us the story of his own. Gantos has written for readers of all ages, including the memoir hole in my life, published in 2002. Praise for hole in my life a memoir, by turns harrowing and hilarious, about a huge mistake. This 40page guide for hole in my life by jack gantos includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 16 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading hole in my life. Hole in my life jack gantos macmillan macmillan publishers. Plus the fact that it was real made it more serious and entertaining. Sibert honors, joey pigza swallowed the key, a national book award finalist, and joey pigza loses control, a.
His works include hole in my life, a memoir that won the michael l. A man named rick got one made and payed jack in pot. For ten thousand dollars, he recklessly agreed to help sail a sixtyfoot yacht loaded with a ton of hashish from the virgin islands to new york city, where he. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Read hole in my life by jack gantos available from rakuten kobo. Hole in my life from the newbery awardwinning author of dead end in norvelt, this is a memoir about becoming a writer the hard way. Hole in my life 2004 read online free book by jack. For ten thousand dollars, he recklessly agreed to help sail. Jack was in prison for smuggling marijuana from st.
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Becoming a writer the hard wayin the summer of 1971, jack gant. They start making shipping crates and selling them. The book i just finished reading is hole in my life by jack gantos i liked the book because it was interesting. Jack gantos in the summer of 1971, jack gantos was an aspiring writer looking for adventure, cash for college tuition, and a way out of a deadend job. He was born in pennsylvania and him and his family moved around a lot during his childhood up to his near adulthood. Last week, my inclass discussion group talked about the value of facilitating opportunities for healthy and productive dialogue around more controversial, or adult, issues through literacy instruction. Listen to hole in my life audiobook by jack gantos. The jack henry middlegrade fiction series was based on gantos own adventures as a boy. The awardwinning joey pigza books resulted from gantos interactions with children with adhd.
Used items may not include supplementary materials such as cds or access codes. Man vs society after he moves back to st croix and is working with his father agian and the buissness goes belly up. In hole in my life, this prizewinning author of over thirty books for young people. While attending different schools and living in different states jack was never really content with himself or his work. So gantos describes himself as a 20yearold about to be arrested and imprisoned for smuggling two thousand pounds of hashish from st. Hole in my life by jack gantos n the summer of 1971, jack gantos was an aspiring writer looking for adventure, cash for college tuition, and a way out of a deadend job. After penning a number of novels for preteens, including the joey pigza books and the jack series, gantos makes a smooth transition as he. Jack gantos is an american author of childrens books most famously known for joey pigza swallowed the key 1998. September 2004 gantos is an awardwinning childrens author, but his compelling autobiography will appeal to readers of all ages. The book hole in my life is a memoir of jack gantos life. A memoir, by turns harrowing and hilarious, about a huge. He asked jack if he was intrested in sailing a boat to new. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature.
Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it. Jack gantos was a troubled teenager who could not set his priorities straight. In the summer of 1971, jack gantos was an aspiring writer looking for adventure, cash for college tuition, and a. The book hole in my life is an autobiography of jack gantos life in prison and what lead up to it. We didnt so much arrive at our destinations as aim and crash into them like kamikaze yachtsmen. Buy a cheap copy of hole in my life book by jack gantos. Drawing from his own experiences, gantos hole in my life has inspired hope in many readers.