Jack Strong Takes a Stand (17 page)

Illustrations copyright © 2013 by Melissa Mendes

 

Published by Roaring Brook Press

Roaring Brook Press is a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

 

Greenwald, Tom.

    Jack Strong takes a stand / Tommy Greenwald; illustrated by Melissa Mendes. — First edition.

        pages cm

    Summary: Tired of being forced to participate in sports and take extra lessons and tutoring to become well-rounded in anticipation of college, middle-schooler Jack Strong stages a sit-in on his couch until his parents ease up.

    ISBN 978-1-59643-836-1 (hardback) — ISBN 978-1-59643-838-5 (ebook)

[1.  Family life—Fiction.   2.  Strikes and lockouts—Fiction.   3.  Middle schools—Fiction.   4.  Schools—Fiction.   5.  Humorous stories.]   I.  Title.

    PZ7.G8523Jac 2013

    [Fic]—dc23

2013001325

eISBN 9781596438385

 

First hardcover edition, 2013

eBook edition, September 2013