Mighty Jack by Hatke, Ben

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.

Author: Ben Hatke
Publisher: First Second
Published: 09/06/2016
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.40w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781626722644
Age Range: 8-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.1
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 183236 / Mighty Jack


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/18/2016
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2016 pg. 111
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2016
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2016 pg. 108
School Library Journal 09/01/2016 pg. 148
Shelf Awareness 09/09/2016
Booklist 09/15/2016 pg. 44
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2017 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
Ben Hatke is the author and illustrator of the New York Times-bestselling Zita the Spacegirl trilogy, the picture books Julia's House for Lost Creatures and Nobody Likes a Goblin, and the graphic novels Little Robot and Mighty Jack. He lives and works in the Shenandoah Valley with his wife and their boisterous pack of daughters.