Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading hole in my life. May 26, 2016 a hole in my life battling chronic dizziness, by philippa thomson is a must read for anyone with unexplained dizziness. Man vs society after he moves back to st croix and is working with his father agian and the buissness goes belly up. In hole in my life, this prizewinning author of over thirty books for young people confronts the period of struggle and confinement that marked the end of his own youth.
In 1971 jack gantos was scraping through his final year of high school. The first is of a gallant british woman struggling to make sense of a world turned upside down by symptoms that she cannot understand in her case scds. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Hole in my life by jack gantos is a story of one young mans struggle to become a writer. By taking a look at the cover of the book hole in my life by jack gantos, you may not instantly see the true greatness behind this story. They start making shipping crates and selling them. The book is about the time gantos sailed a boat that was full of hashish from st.
Setting there are several important locations in this book. Jack gantos lives with his wife and daughter in boston, massachusetts. In hole in my life, this prizewinning author of over thirty books for young. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Dead end in norvelt, winner of the newbery medal and the.
Hole in my life is about one mans mistakes, and how he used those mistakes to learn, and to achieve his dreams, despite his setbacks. Hole in my life by jack gantos, 2002, farrar, straus and giroux edition, in english 1st ed. Fort lauderdale is a city in florida where gantos finishes high school. Hole in my life is an american autobiography of jack gantos and was published by macmillan publishers in 2002.
You probably wouldnt believe that this noted childrensyoung adult author spent time in jail for his part in a drug smuggling operation. His parents had moved to st croix in the virgin islands, but he was. His works include hole in my life, a memoir that won the michael l. Hole in my life by jack gantos goodreads share book. Hole in my life summary and study guide supersummary. Mar 26, 2002 for his part in the conspiracy, gantos was sentenced to serve up to six years in prison. Like a mystery of sorts, holes is always giving us little bits of information that dont seem particularly relevant, only for us to find out much later that some of those bits were the keys to the puzzle all along. For his part in the conspiracy, gantos was sentenced to serve up to six years in prison. Hole in my life by jack gantos the prisoner in the photograph is me. I was born on april 21, 2004, in san francisco, st. Book summary the book hole in my life by jack gantos is a very well written novel that gives the reader a detailed understanding of one young mans travel through life.
My name is paola valdivia, and im going to tell you my wonderful story. Feb 11, 2005 hole in my life by jack gantos 224pp, red fox. Autobiography in five short chapters i walk down the street. This study guide consists of approximately 32 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Printz award and the same year became a winner of the robert f. I feel like mainly everything about the book was good and interesting. In the summer of 1971, jack gantos was an aspiring writer desperate for adventure, college cash, and a way out of a deadend job. The book hole in my life was the book i read and it was good. The answer that changed my life and might just change the world by richard stearns and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. This was a life quite unlike those of many other children.
Autobiography in five short chapters by portia nelson. Additionally, several standards in social studies may. The book then goes on to provide an in depth examination of. In hole in my life, jack gantos recounts the story of his time as an idle teenager turned drug smuggler, including his eventual capture by the government and his. Page 61 since i was trying so hard to make books lead my life. Maybe the book is suggesting that life is like that too. Sibert honors, joey pigza swallowed the key, a national book award finalist, joey pigza loses control, a newbery honor book, and dead end in norvelt, winner of the.
Hole in my life hole in my life audiobook, by jack gantos. This study guide consists of approximately 32 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of hole in my life. Mar 26, 2002 the book i just finished reading is hole in my life by jack gantos i liked the book because it was interesting. He asked jack if he was intrested in sailing a boat to new. They had came to a stopping point and it was restricted waters so they had to leave and they didnt so they just got on land and ran away from them.
First of all, puerto rico is where gantos first begins drinking, as he goes to work as an electrician instead of heading to school for his second half of his junior year. Find books like hole in my life from the worlds largest community of readers. Books similar to hole in my life goodreads share book. Jack gantos has written books for people of all ages, from picture books and middlegrade fiction to novels for young adults and adults. This novel is narrated and told from the point of view of jack gantos. Luckily, jack gantos narrates his autobiography so that you know its true. Goodreads members who liked hole in my life also liked.
Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. But going so far as opening the book and reading the. This 40page guide for hole in my life by jack gantos includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 16 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. He was born in pennsylvania and him and his family moved around a lot during his childhood up to his near adulthood. Becoming a writer the hard wayin the summer of 1971, jack gant. Hole in my life quotes showing 14 of 4 someone once said anyone can be great under rosy circumstances, but the true test of character is measured by how well a. Hole in my life presentation by prezi user on prezi. I was twentyone years old and had been locked up for a year already the bleakest year of my life and i had more time ahead of me. The book hole in my life is an autobiography of jack gantos life in prison and what lead up to it. They had to carry drugs and they had ran into some casualties and they had to get around them. Hole in my life is the autobiographical story of jack gantos during his younger years.
A memoir, by turns harrowing and hilarious, about a huge mistake. Jul 22, 2003 listen to hole in my life audiobook by jack gantos. For ten thousand dollars, he recklessly agreed to help sail a sixtyfoot yacht loaded with hashish from the virgin islands to new york city, where he and his partners. Hole in my life offers teachers the chance to utilize a text that is non. There are, however, two stories told in this riveting narrative. When i look at my face in the photo i see nothing but the pocked mask i was hiding behind. Since i was trying so hard to make books lead my life, i didnt want to read them and then just put them back on the shelf and say, good book, as if i was patting a. Jack was in prison for smuggling marijuana from st. Gantos chose a life of crime to escape his homeland and. The photo was taken in 1972 at the mediumsecurity federal correctional institution in ashland, kentucky.
These folks zigged when the rest of the world zagged. The book then goes on to provide an indepth examination of. His second novel for children, joey pigza swallowed the key, was a national book award finalist, and the sequel, joey pigza loses control, was a newbery honor book. Instead this is a powerfully honest report of why mr. Feb 21, 2010 hole in my life is an autobiography of jack gantos life leading up to, and life in jail. It is a great lesson for teens, not only about recovering from mistakes, but about taking the right paths in life to avoid mistakes entirely. Hole in my life presentation jack later on joined the drug culture. A man named rick got one made and payed jack in pot. His book the trouble in me is an autobiographical novel about a fourteenyearold jack gantos, and his book dead end in novelt won the newbery medal, the scott odell award for historical fiction. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Gantos was a young man with little supervision who led a life that involved many moves and opportunities. Puerto rico is where gantos first begins drinking, as he goes to work as an electrician instead of heading to. In the summer of 1971, jack gantos was an aspiring writer looking for adventure, cash for college tuition, and a way out of a deadend job. Sibert honors, joey pigza swallowed the key, a national book award finalist, joey pigza loses control, a newbery honor book, and dead end in norvelt, winner of the newbery medal and the scott odell award for historical fiction.