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I am Jack #3
Daima Jack
Jack'in hayatı oldukça iyi. Harika dostları var, herkes onun komik esprilerine bayılıyor ve hâlâ müthiş bir mucit.Ama işler karışıyor... Büyükannesi daha da yaşlandı ve daha çok sallanıyor. En yakın arkadaşı Anna'yı gördüğünde yüzü artık neden kızarıveriyor? Tüm bunlar yetmezmiş gibi, annesiyle Rob'ın düğünü dünya meselesiymiş gibi abartılıyor...
Üstelik hiç beklemediği bir anda, çok üzücü bir durumla karşılaşıyor ve bununla başa çıkmak için Jack'in tüm cesaretini toplaması gerekiyor. Peki, tekrar her şeyin üstesinden gelen Süper Jack olabilecek mi?
Üstelik hiç beklemediği bir anda, çok üzücü bir durumla karşılaşıyor ve bununla başa çıkmak için Jack'in tüm cesaretini toplaması gerekiyor. Peki, tekrar her şeyin üstesinden gelen Süper Jack olabilecek mi?
176 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2010
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July 30, 2012
Review: Always Jack
Written by Susanne Gervay
Illustrated by Cathy Wilcox
ISBN 9780732290207
Publisher www.harpercollins.com.au
While it’s often hard to name the third title in a trilogy, ‘Always Jack’ is a poignant choice, because the character is consistent, and so is the family, despite Mum being diagnosed with breast cancer.
It takes courage for an author to tackle such a subject, both in junior chapter fiction and in real life. And to get the tone right, so kids will want to read this story ‘ as a good read’, not just because it is an ‘issues’ book, takes crafting skill. Gervay has that skill.
As in the earlier ‘I am Jack’ which tackled bullying and ‘SuperJack’ about blended families, there is still a strong child-centred story likely to appeal to 9-12 year olds.
Susanne Gervay has crafted Jack jokes( so many of them, but apt for this age group) lots of yummy food ( the sex of kids books) and interwoven three generations in a multi cultural community which seems ‘ordinary’. The school details are realistic, as is the surfing scene and family picnics. Christopher is a mate, and only later we learn his family are Vietnamese, when they become part of the school project.
Creative problem- solving like inventor Jack putting family cameo photos on Nanna’s walking stick so she’ll use it, indicates family caring.
‘Always Jack’ is not only about a family and a community supporting a mum with breast cancer, it’s about friendships, step-family relationships with a bit of jealousy between settling- in step- brothers and how an extended family cope with eccentric, purple underpants, bargain- loving Nanna, pet mice, and school projects which tackle ‘war and peace’ from different perspectives and cultures. Even visiting Grandad in the cemetery, and talking to his grave, is acceptable…
That’s a lot to pack into a junior chapter book.
At first I thought this family seemed ‘too nice’, but as they tackle the looming ‘wedding’ and then the ‘interruption’ of cancer, the strengths of the child-centred ‘family fun’ supports the story. The kids aren’t perfect, but they’re believable.
P 99 Jack doesn’t like peas but vows that if Mum gets better he’ll make a deal to eat them every dinner, everyday forever. That’s the kind of bargain a kid would make in their head.
This novel makes an excellent gift of reassurance for a family who may deal with the issue of cancer. Fiction rather than fact enables the reader to live inside the character and see things from their viewpoint for the couple of hours necessary to read the book. Gervay tackles the issues from a child’s curiosity…like how does the chemo work, surgery with a slash across your chest, and even how another kid might feel.. Mum takes the children with her, as Gervay takes the reader, to demystify the medical sequence of breast cancer treatment.
‘Always Jack’ tackles the scariness of cancer facts, but makes it a safe subject to talk about…via fiction.
Highly commended. As proved in her earlier titles like ‘Butterflies’, Gervay handles health related stories in an approachable way which has attracted many awards.
The rare Yellow Daffodil of approval has been given to this book by the Cancer Council. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. More details:
www.sgervay.com
blog www.sgervay.com/blog
Written by Susanne Gervay
Illustrated by Cathy Wilcox
ISBN 9780732290207
Publisher www.harpercollins.com.au
While it’s often hard to name the third title in a trilogy, ‘Always Jack’ is a poignant choice, because the character is consistent, and so is the family, despite Mum being diagnosed with breast cancer.
It takes courage for an author to tackle such a subject, both in junior chapter fiction and in real life. And to get the tone right, so kids will want to read this story ‘ as a good read’, not just because it is an ‘issues’ book, takes crafting skill. Gervay has that skill.
As in the earlier ‘I am Jack’ which tackled bullying and ‘SuperJack’ about blended families, there is still a strong child-centred story likely to appeal to 9-12 year olds.
Susanne Gervay has crafted Jack jokes( so many of them, but apt for this age group) lots of yummy food ( the sex of kids books) and interwoven three generations in a multi cultural community which seems ‘ordinary’. The school details are realistic, as is the surfing scene and family picnics. Christopher is a mate, and only later we learn his family are Vietnamese, when they become part of the school project.
Creative problem- solving like inventor Jack putting family cameo photos on Nanna’s walking stick so she’ll use it, indicates family caring.
‘Always Jack’ is not only about a family and a community supporting a mum with breast cancer, it’s about friendships, step-family relationships with a bit of jealousy between settling- in step- brothers and how an extended family cope with eccentric, purple underpants, bargain- loving Nanna, pet mice, and school projects which tackle ‘war and peace’ from different perspectives and cultures. Even visiting Grandad in the cemetery, and talking to his grave, is acceptable…
That’s a lot to pack into a junior chapter book.
At first I thought this family seemed ‘too nice’, but as they tackle the looming ‘wedding’ and then the ‘interruption’ of cancer, the strengths of the child-centred ‘family fun’ supports the story. The kids aren’t perfect, but they’re believable.
P 99 Jack doesn’t like peas but vows that if Mum gets better he’ll make a deal to eat them every dinner, everyday forever. That’s the kind of bargain a kid would make in their head.
This novel makes an excellent gift of reassurance for a family who may deal with the issue of cancer. Fiction rather than fact enables the reader to live inside the character and see things from their viewpoint for the couple of hours necessary to read the book. Gervay tackles the issues from a child’s curiosity…like how does the chemo work, surgery with a slash across your chest, and even how another kid might feel.. Mum takes the children with her, as Gervay takes the reader, to demystify the medical sequence of breast cancer treatment.
‘Always Jack’ tackles the scariness of cancer facts, but makes it a safe subject to talk about…via fiction.
Highly commended. As proved in her earlier titles like ‘Butterflies’, Gervay handles health related stories in an approachable way which has attracted many awards.
The rare Yellow Daffodil of approval has been given to this book by the Cancer Council. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. More details:
www.sgervay.com
blog www.sgervay.com/blog
April 26, 2011
This is the third book in a series about a joke-telling, inventive and irrepressibly cute boy called Jack. Jack lives with his sister, mum, soon-to-be stepdad, Rob and purple underpant wearing Nanna. Jack’s life is very busy with his photography, his science experiments, schoolwork, best friends Christopher and Anna and, to Jack’s absolute boredom, constant talk about the upcoming wedding between his mum and Rob. But when Jack’s mum is diagnosed with breast cancer, his whole world threatens to crash around him. His head pounds and his sleeps fill with nightmares of losing his mum. Even though the doctors have caught it early, his mum is preoccupied and after the operation and during her radiotherapy, she is tired and can’t do star jumps like she used to. A three-time breast cancer survivor, Susanne Gervay’s story is all the more poignant because it is from Jack’s point of view: delving into his fears, confusion and his love for his family. This book is a clear, informative look at what takes place from cancer diagnosis to recovery, never shirking the need to inform but doing so with a gentle, deft hand.
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May 22, 2025this is peak idgaf reread so many times
February 12, 2016
I'm reading the 4 I am Jack books, this one is the third book and stand alone and as a cancer survivor it is the only book I've read that makes it so easy and safe to explain cancer without being "worthy". It's funny and real and loving and in the end kids feel everything is going to be alright. I really recommend it for kids and parents and grandparents and community when anyone they love and or know are touched by cancer.
November 27, 2012
A great book about dealing with cancer.
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