Authors: Jack Gantos
The Trouble in Me (18 page)
At last I was in charge. I could choose my own future.
But while I was waiting around to make a choice, I did what I always did and found someone to make a choice for me. I met some nice guys and they had a plan to make a ton of quick money. They were just missing one piece of the plan to make it all happen, and since I had always been a piece of someone else's plan I once again fit right in. I wanted to be just like them and that led to another disaster, which released the trouble already lurking within me. If you read
Hole in My Life
, you'll see what I mean.
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Jack Gantos
has been hailed as “elementary school's answer to Hunter S. Thompson” (
BCCB
). He is the author of many books, including the Jack Henry and Joey Pigza series; the Rotten Ralph books; the Printz Honor and Sibert Honor memoir
Hole in My Life
; and the two Norvelt novels-
Dead End in Norvelt
, recipient of the Newbery Medal, and
From Norvelt to Nowhere
. He lives in Boston. You can sign up for email updates
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Heads or Tails: Stories from the Sixth Grade
Jack's New Power: Stories from a Caribbean Year
Jack on the Tracks: Four Seasons of Fifth Grade
Jack Adrift: Fourth Grade Without a Clue
The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs
The Key That Swallowed Joey Pigza
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Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
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Text copyright © 2015 Jack Gantos
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First hardcover edition, 2015
eBook edition, September 2015
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Gantos, Jack.
    The trouble in me / Jack Gantos. â First edition.
        pages cm
    Summary: “Fourteen-year-old Jack falls under the spell of a delinquent Florida neighbor and gets way more trouble than he bargained for”âProvided by publisher.
    ISBN 978-0-374-37995-7 (hardback)
    ISBN 978-0-374-30345-7 (e-book)
    [1.  BehaviorâFiction.  2.  Juvenile delinquencyâFiction.  3.  FriendshipâFiction.  4.  Moving, HouseholdâFiction.  5.  FloridaâFiction.  6.  Humorous stories.]  I.  Title.
PZ7.G15334Tr 2015
[Fic]âdc23
2015013115
eISBN 9780374303457