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The Several Lives of Orphan Jack
By: Sarah Ellis, Bruno St-Aubin (Illustrator)
Paperback | 9 September 2004
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Winner of the Mr. Christie's Book Award and the IODE Violet Downey Book Award
For young Jack, life is tough at the Opportunities School for Orphans. But Jack is good at staying out of trouble. He has skipped over trouble, danced around trouble, slid under trouble, melted away from trouble, talked his way out of trouble and slipped between two close troubles like a cat through a picket fence.
When Jack turns twelve, he is given the biggest opportunity of all, but suddenly his life is nothing but trouble. Still, he is a clever and resilient boy, and eventually he makes his way into the big world. Jack is rich in ideas, and soon he finds there is a place for an enterprising boy who has whims, concepts, plans, opinions, impressions, notions and fancies to spare.
In the tradition of Natalie Babbitt, Sarah Ellis brings her quirky sense of humor and imagination to bear in this witty, warm fable. Bruno St-Aubin's evocative black-and-white illustrations capture perfectly the dreadful Schoolmaster Bane, the crowlike accountant Mr. Ledger, Lou the skinny bun merchant, and Christabel, the miller's little daughter.
Industry Reviews
...there is real strength in Ellis's turns of phrase, use of imagery, and alliteration, and in showing readers the power of words and ideas to liberate the imagination. * School Library Journal *
Ellis has created a small gem here, with messages about following your heart tucked into the sentences, phrases, thoughts, and ideas that she seamlessly weaves together. * Booklist, STARRED REVIEW *
The playfulness of this picaresque short novel is utterly engaging. Words, words and more words, alliterative pairs of words like villains and volumes, scholars and scoundrels, toffee and tyrants, fall in torrents from the pages... * Globe and Mail *
Told with the outsize zest of a tall tale, this vibrant, well-crafted novel starts strong and gets even better. * Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW *
This special book is filled with often humorous and extraordinarily rich descriptive prose that is always a pleasure to read and full of surprises. -- Marya Jansen-Gruber * Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Reviews *
ISBN: 9780888996183
ISBN-10: 0888996187
Published: 9th September 2004
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 88
Audience: Children
For Ages: 7+ years old
For Grades: 2 - 5
Publisher: House of Anansi
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 21.5 x 13.9 x 0.6
Weight (kg): 0.11
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