If Jack's in Love

By Stephen Wetta

Book Overview

Every neighborhood has that house- The one with the broken down cars in the front yard; the one where the father is always out of work and starting fights with other dads;the one no one wants to go near. Twelve-year-old Jack Witcher lives in that house. And that's just where his problems begin. It is 1967 and Jack's father has lost his job, yet again. The war in Vietnam is perpetually on the news, and Jack is in love with a girl named Myra. But Myra's family is the opposite of Jack's. Her father is well dressed and well spoken. Her brother is the town's golden boy. Jack schemes to win Myra's love with the only person in town who will deign to be his friend, the town jeweler and sole Jew. But when Myra's brother goes missing, Jack's pot-smoking older brother becomes suspect number one...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425247783
• ISBN13: 9780425247785
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Berkley / Nal
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

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I absolutely loved this book. It’s now in my top 10 favorites of all time. It was hilarious and endearing, best book I’ve read in a long long time. I wish it had been a little longer but other than that it was perfect. Easy read, would recommend to anybody.