<DIV><P><B>From the Newbery Medal–winning author of <I>Dead End in Norvelt</I>, eight more hysterical semi-autobiographical Jack Henry stories about a sixth grader's trials and tribulations</B></P><P><B></B></P><P>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 a pesky little brother with a knack for getting hurt whenever Jack's supposed to be looking after him, a terror for an older sister, all sorts of weird neighbors, and, last but not least, ferocious alligators in the canal behind his house.<BR><BR>Writing in his diary about his good days and bad days is one way Jack survives his up-and-down year. But he's also a kid who knows that life can go any which way at any given moment. </P></DIV>