Jack Gantos

Comic misadventures ensue when seventh-grader Jack tries to write the great American novel.

"Fourteen-year-old Jack falls under the spell of a delinquent Florida neighbor and gets way more trouble than he bargained for"--

Jack Henry has moved to the island of Barbados with his offbeat family and his secret diary. But still, he can't escape his penchant for wacky misadventure. Because of a headless chicken, he gets a violent case of blood poisoning. In a pepper-eating contest with his father, he discovers the perils of male bonding. And then, he has his heartstrings twanged by an older woman who just happens to be his sister's best friend. These are just a few of...

Rotten Ralph's owner, Sarah, is fed up with her red rascal's behavior. Ralph is tired of Sarah trying to change him. He misses his cat family, which never made him alter a thing about himself. But in this gag- and guffaw-filled adventure for newly independent readers, the world's favorite rotten red cat gets tripped up when he runs away for a journey down memory lane.

Jack Gantos reads his wacky adventure about the irascible red cat with a penchant for disaster!

Rotten Ralph comes to appreciate Sarah's healthy cat food after he gets sick from eating out of trash cans.

When Rotten Ralph, the cat, fails to win a spot on a baseball team with his friend Sarah, he becomes the "cat boy" instead, still dreaming of proving himself the superstar he imagines himself to be.

At a family reunion held when the moon is full, the Werewolf family astounds its relatives with bizarre behavior.

An alligator who loves to play in mud and slime is given a birthday bath by his friends.

Rotten Ralph, the nasty red cat, proves himself to be the real monster on Halloween. Movable flaps conceal portions of the illustrations.