Mighty Jack (Mighty Jack #1)

by Ben Hatke (Author)

Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
Series: Mighty Jack

Jack might be the only kid in the world who's dreading summer. But he's got a good reason: summer is when his single mom takes a second job and leaves him at home to watch his autistic kid sister, Maddy. It's a lot of responsibility, and it's boring, too, because Maddy doesn't talk. Ever. But then, one day at the flea market, Maddy does talk--to tell Jack to trade their mom's car for a box of mysterious seeds. It's the best mistake Jack has ever made.

In Mighty Jack, what starts as a normal little garden out back behind the house quickly grows up into a wild, magical jungle with tiny onion babies running amok, huge, pink pumpkins that bite, and, on one moonlit night that changes everything...a dragon.

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Kirkus Reviews

Starred Review
This first in a series flourishes up to its nail-biting cliffhanger: expect interest for the subsequent offering to positively bloom.

Review quotes

"Ben Hatke has a knack for writing stories that focus on smart, young characters who become caught up with robots, mythical creatures, and alien invasions. "Mighty Jack "is no exception." "Entertainment Weekly""
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781626722651
Lexile Measure
490
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
First Second
Publication date
September 20, 2016
Series
Mighty Jack
BISAC categories
JUV008000 - Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | General
JUV001000 - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
JUV012030 - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore | General
Library of Congress categories
Brothers and sisters
United States
Magic
Gardens
Fairy tales
Dragons
Graphic novels
Comic books, strips, etc
Autistic children
Cartoons and comics
Comics (Graphic works)
Action and adventure comics
Jack
Fantasy comics
Children of single parents

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