Jack Gantos
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born
July 02, 1951
place of birth
Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, The United States
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Children's Books
about this author
Jack Gantos is an American author of children's books renowned for his portrayal of fictional Joey Pigza, a boy with ADHD. Gantos has won a number of awards, including the Newbery Honor, the Printz Honor, and the Sibert Honor from the American Library Association, and he has been a finalist for the National Book Award. His newest book, The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs (2006), deals with twins, eugenics, taxidermy (in particular, human taxidermy), and implicit incest.
Gantos was born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania to son of construction superintendent John Gantos and banker Elizabeth (Weaver) Gantos. The seeds for Jack Gantos' writing career were planted in sixth grade, when he read his sister's diary and decided he could write be...more
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Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key (Joey Pigza Books) by Jack Gantos avg rating 3.79 — 715 ratings — published 1998 10 editions |
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Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos avg rating 3.71 — 563 ratings — published 2004 9 editions |
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Joey Pigza Loses Control (Summer Reading Edition) (Joey Pigza Books (Paperback)) by Jack Gantos avg rating 3.73 — 361 ratings — published 2001 11 editions |
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The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs by Jack Gantos avg rating 3.34 — 175 ratings — published 2006 7 editions |
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What Would Joey Do? (Joey Pigza Books (Paperback)) by Jack Gantos avg rating 3.92 — 146 ratings — published 2002 6 editions |
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I Am Not Joey Pigza by Jack Gantos avg rating 3.76 — 111 ratings — published 2007 3 editions |
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Rotten Ralph by Jack Gantos avg rating 4.32 — 47 ratings — published 1976 3 editions |
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Heads or Tails: Stories from the Sixth Grade by Jack Gantos avg rating 3.69 — 26 ratings — published 1994 3 editions |
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Jack's Black Book: What Happens When You Flunk an IQ Test? by Jack Gantos avg rating 4.04 — 23 ratings — published 1997 5 editions |
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Jack on the Tracks: Four Seasons of Fifth Grade by Jack Gantos avg rating 4.24 — 17 ratings — published 1999 4 editions |
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""If you have an orderly mind, you'll be a winner no matter where you end up. If your mind is a jumble of junk, you'll be a loser. It's as simple as that."
Jack on the Tracks p.19"
— Jack Gantos
Jack on the Tracks p.19"
— Jack Gantos

















