Lis 566 book trailer - hole in my life by jack gantos - nls
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How are great writers made?
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Transcript of Lis 566 book trailer - hole in my life by jack gantos - nls
How are great
writers made?
They start with great grades in school, right?
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They go to college of
course
. . . RIGHT?Images from: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graduation_hat.svg
Not if they’re Jack Gantos . . .
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This award-wining
children’s book writer began his career with . . .
A life of crime!
Tells the true story of how pot, racial tensions, and one sailboat trip to
New York . . .
Hole in my Life
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Lead to a sentence of up to SIX years in prison
Where in a lonely yellow-walled cell,
Jack finally becomes a writer
“all I did was smoke it.
I never thought dope would lead to trouble, and I certainly had no idea it would land my ass in jail.”
- Jack Gantos, # 74233-101
How did it all happen?
How did he survive the dangers of
prison?
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Find out how the summer of ‘71
destroyed Jack’s life and how
surviving prison gave him the
push he needed.
