The Famous Adventures of Jack
2000
First Published
3.19
Average Rating
128
Number of Pages
It all starts when the storyteller tells Jill that it's high time she met Jack. The question Which Jack? "They're all called Jack around here," Mother Greenwood tells her. There's Great- grandfather Jack, Uncle Jack, Daft Jack, Jack the Giant Killer, and more, including, of course, Mother Greenwood's lazy, good-for-nothing, waste-of-a-wishbone son, Jack. The Jack stories are brimming with giants, magicians, dragons, brave deeds, clever tricks, princesses, and funny surprises, and Jill thinks each one is better than the last. But what does Mother Greenwood mean when she says that the storyteller puts everyone he meets into a story? What's with those beans Mother Greenwood tossed out her window? And what will happen when Jill meets her Jack?
Avg Rating
3.19
Number of Ratings
21
5 STARS
10%
4 STARS
29%
3 STARS
38%
2 STARS
19%
1 STARS
5%
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Author
Berlie Doherty
Author · 29 books
Berlie Doherty née Hollingsworth is an English novelist, poet, playwright and screenwriter. She is best known for children's books, for which she has twice won the Carnegie Medal.She has also written novels for adults, plays for theatre and radio, television series and libretti for children's opera.
