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. A gaping hole of misery is what popular young adult author jack gantos remembers when he thinks back to 1972, the bleakest year of my life. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. Sibert honors, joey pigza swallowed the key, a national book award finalist, joey pigza loses control, a newbery honor book, and dead end in norvelt, winner of the. Hole in my life by jack gantos goodreads share book. Conflict man vs man man vs self another person he is always having. Well, that requires a reader like me to read the book in one long inhale. Goodreads members who liked hole in my life also liked. Any person who is slightly interested in adventure and hilarious memoirs needs to go purchase hole in my life by jack gantos, sit down with a cup of tea, and indulge on his incredibly hilarious adventure to becoming the award winning author he is today.
Naturally, when i discovered this book i begged my parents to buy it for me sight unseen. Jack gantos conclussion i think that hole in my life was a good book. Today gantos is a successful childrens book write, but he was not the person he is today. Hole in my life by jack gantos is a story of one young mans struggle to become a writer. May have been a little boring at times when he was in prison and on the boat but an overall good book with meaning. September 2004 gantos is an awardwinning childrens author, but his compelling autobiography will appeal to readers of all ages. Hole in my life by jack gantos book read online scribd. Discover and share jack gantos hole in my life quotes. For his part in the conspiracy, gantos was sentenced to serve up to six years in prison.
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In hole in my life, this prizewinning author of over thirty books for young. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. To ask other readers questions about hole in my life, please sign up. Hole in my life will leave anything but a hole in the readers life. On the surface, the narrative tumbles from one crazed moment to the next as gantos pieces together the story of his restless final year of high school, his shortlived career as a criminal, and his time in prison. 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. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and could not put it down while i was reading.
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. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Hole in my life ebook free download ebook pdf, epub. Holm based her engaging first novel on reallife diaries of the actual may amelia. This was a life quite unlike those of many other children. See featured authors answering questions learn more. Hole in my life summary and study guide supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature.
Click download or read online button to get hole in my life ebook free book now. Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Jack gantos, author of childrens books, writes his autobiographical account of how, lost and. A hole in my life battling chronic dizziness, by philippa thomson is a must read for anyone with unexplained dizziness. Hole in my life presentation jack later on joined the drug culture. Printz award and the same year became a winner of the robert f. Hole in my life is an american autobiography of jack gantos and was published by macmillan publishers in 2002. His 2002 memoir hole in my life was a runner up honor book for the ala printz award and sibert medal.
Hole in my life is the autobiographical story of jack gantos during his younger years. Jack gantos was a troubled teenager who could not set his priorities straight. Read hole in my life by jack gantos for free with a 30 day free trial. Jack gantos has written books for people of all ages, from picture books and middlegrade fiction to novels for young adults and adults. A memoir, by turns harrowing and hilarious, about a huge. Moving to puerto rico looked like a free pass to a party and though jack. Sibert honors, joey pigza swallowed the key, a national book award finalist, and joey pigza loses control, a newbery honor book. Jack gantos born july 2, 1951 is an american author of childrens books. Gantos was a young man with little supervision who led a life that involved many moves and opportunities.
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 a 2003 bank street best childrens book of the year. In the summer of 1971, jack gantos was an aspiring writer looking for adventure, cash for college tuition, and a. 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.
There are, however, two stories told in this riveting narrative. I remember that someone said that characters should learn from their mistakes. The book i just finished reading is hole in my life by jack gantos i liked the book because it was interesting. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading hole in my life. I feel like mainly everything about the book was good and interesting. On the surface, the narrative tumbles from one crazed moment to the next as gantos pieces together the story of his restless final year of high school, his shortlived career.
Click download or read online button to get hole in my life book now. In 1971 jack gantos was scraping through his final year of high school. Find books like hole in my life from the worlds largest community of readers. In just two hundred pages, gantos provides a chilling account of his late teenage life.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read hole in my life. Plus the fact that it was real made it more serious and entertaining. 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. Explore our collection of motivational and famous quotes by authors you know and love. 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. The answer that changed my life and might just change the world by richard stearns and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Hole in my life has 12 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Page 61 since i was trying so hard to make books lead my life. I had read the joey pigza books in elementary school and the jack henry books in sixth grade and thoroughly enjoyed them.
After penning a number of novels for preteens, including the joey pigza books and the jack series, gantos makes a smooth transition as he. 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. After finishing the novel in one sitting, gantos deserves five stars for giving his readers a relatable and believable story, in which he perceived his own life experiences. Buy a cheap copy of hole in my life book by jack gantos.
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