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Dead end in norvelt, winner of the newbery medal and the. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. 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. 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. The book hole in my life is an autobiography of jack gantos life in prison and what lead up to it. Pdf my life in prison download full pdf book download. Nov 29, 2011 jack gantos, now an accomplished author of books for preteens including the joey pigza series, was in his late teens when he made a mistake that would change his life. For ten thousand dollars, he recklessly agreed to help sail a sixtyfoot yacht loaded with hashish from the virgin islands to new york city, where he and his partners sold the drug until federal agents finally caught up to them in a bust at the chelsea hotel. For ten thousand dollars, he recklessly agreed to help sail a sixtyfoot yacht loaded with a ton of hashish from the virgin islands pdf to new york city, where he. Joey pigza is a boy with attentiondeficit hyperactivity disorder adhd, featured in five novels from 1998 to 2014. In hole in my life, jack gantos recounts an experience from his own life that many other writers would rather keep hidden from public view. Hole in my life by jack gantos pdf free download ebook. 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. 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.
Author jack gantos on his book i am not joey pigzaauthor interview duration. This fiery autobiographical novel captures a pivotal week or two in the life of fourteenyearold jack gantos, as the author reveals the moment he began to slide off track as a kid who in just a few years would find himself locked up in a federal penitentiary for. Jack gantos born july 2, 1951 is an american author of childrens books. Jack gantos has written books for people of all ages, from picture books and middlegrade fiction to novels for young adults and adults. 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 and his partners sold the drug.