The Mostly True Story of Jack

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The ultimate page-turner."Kirkus Reviews starred review Newbery Medal-winning author of The Girl Who Drank the Moon Kelly Barnhills debut novel is an eerie tale of magic friendship and sacrifice. Enter a world where magic bubbles just below the surface. . . . When Jack is sent to Hazelwood Iowa to live with his strange aunt and uncle he expects a summer of boredom. Little does he know that the people of Hazelwood have been waiting for him for quite a long time. When he arrives he begins to make actual friends for the first time in his life-but the town bully beats him up and the richest man in town begins to plot Jacks imminent and hopefully painful demise. Its up to Jack to figure out why suddenly everyone cares so much about him. Back home he was practically... invisible. The Mostly True Story of Jack is a stunning debut novel about things broken things put back together and finding a place to belong. "Recalls Lemony Snicket and Blue Balliett...a delightfully unusual gem." Los Angeles Times DONT MISS THESE OTHER ACCLAIMED BOOKS BY KELLY BARNHILL: Iron Hearted Violet The Witchs Boy The Girl Who Drank the Moon The Ogress and the Orphans