Jackson Jones and the Curse of the Outlaw Rose

By Mary Quattlebaum

Book Overview

JACKSON JONES CAN'T get away from roses. First his mother got him a plot at Rooter's, a community garden where Jackson planted a rosebush of thorns and no blooms. Now Mr. K., a fellow gardener, enlists Jackson's help to rustle up some rare old-time roses. The kind that grow in cemeteries And no sooner do Jackson and his friend Reuben take the rose cutting home than Reuben's gloom-and-doom talk of curses seems real.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00A2MS9UE
• ISBN13: 9780440421382
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Random House Children's Books
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

An excellent mystery for ages 8-12 evolves.

Mary Quattlebaum's JACKSON JONES AND THE CURSE OF THE OUTLAW ROSE tells of Jackson, who can't get away from roses between his mother and a fellow gardener. But Mr. K. needs help obtaining some rare old-time roses that grow in cemeteries - and which may provoke a centuries-old curse. Can it be a string of bad luck - or has Jackson put himself and his friends in danger? An excellent mystery for ages 8-12 evolves.