You may know Jack Gantos as the author of the Joey Pigza series as well as other children’s books. But did you know that his writing career almost never happened? In 1971 Gantos dreamed of being a writer and wanted to go to college. In the search for adventure and easy money, he found a way to make a quick $10,000 sailing a boat load of drugs from St Croix to New York City. What Jack hadn’t expected was the arrest and 15 months he would spend in federal prison. Jack bears his soul, not as a sob story, rather as an example of how a person can choose to be more than just the consequences of their actions.This book is a 2008 Great Stories Club selection as well as a 2003 Printz Honor Book.
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