The Trouble with Jack by Anne Cassidy

The Trouble with Jack by Anne Cassidy

The trouble with Jack was that he didnt listen to anyone. He didnt even listen to me, his girlfriend. Thats why I was standing on Hutton Moor holding a bunch of flowers. There was a small card attached to them that said, Miss You, Jodie XXXX. I had tears in my eyes.

“The students enjoyed the story very much – especially the opening of chapter one, which was very dramaticThey said they got hooked in straightaway.

It was a great narrative to encourage students to think for themselves about what had happened and how the characters were feeling.

Students were keen to read and then keen to continue reading. It changed the whole attitude towards reading of two reluctant readers.

I particularly selected a Year 9 group of students who have social and communication difficulties to trial this one because of the subject content.

I was able to use it as a lead in to more work on relationships and coping with difficult situations. It is great to have a fiction text to tackle this kind of thing – more please!”

Fiona Dyson, SENCO at Southfields Academy, London

Alan Gibbons trained as a teacher and through working with young people discovered his literary voice. He started writing fiction for his pupils and published his first novel in 1993. Alan has also appeared on the BBC education programme Writer’s Block, the Blue Peter Book Awards, radio 4’s Front Row, and is a regular contributor to TES, Junior Education, Carousel, Books for Keeps and other journals.

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ISBN 13	9780007546213
ISBN 10	0007546211
Title	The Trouble with Jack
Author	Anne Cassidy
Series	Read On
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2014-02-20
Number of pages	80
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.