Wood, Beverley & Wood, Chris. Jack's Knife: A Sirius Mystery.WOOD, Beverley & WOOD, Chris. Jack's knife, a Sirius mystery. Raincoast, Polestar Polestar: see Polaris. . 293p. c2005. 1-55192-709-8. $7.95. J Readers will fall in love once again with Patsy Ann, the stone-deaf bull terrier bull terrier, breed of large, muscular terrier originating in England around 1835. It stands from 19 to 22 in. (48.3–55.9 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 30 to 36 lb (13.6–16.3 kg). , based on a real dog that lived in Alaska in the 1930s. Just like in the companion novel, Dogstar, Patsy Ann transports a boy through time to solve a mystery and change history. 14-year-old Jackson Kyle is on his way to his friend Al McMann's house, to ask advice about how to convince his mom to let him keep the dog. He and Al, a father figure for Jackson, have a close relationship, something his overprotective o·ver·pro·tect tr.v. o·ver·pro·tect·ed, o·ver·pro·tect·ing, o·ver·pro·tects To protect too much; coddle: overprotected their children. mother doesn't accept or understand. Instead, he sees an ambulance pulling away from Al's home. He then escapes from the dogcatcher dog·catch·er n. A dog officer. , and when he crawls through raspberry raspberry, name for several thorny shrubs of the genus Rubus of the family Rosaceae (rose family) and for their fruit (see bramble). raspberry Any of many species of fruit-bearing bushes of the genus Rubus in the rose family. bushes in search of Patsy Ann, he finds himself in Alaska in 1935! Once there, he eventually meets the young Al, a deputy US Marshal. While contemplating why he's been transported, Jackson remembers a conversation he had with Al back home in 2005 about a case in Juneau when he mistakenly put a man in jail for 18 years. Jackson not only finds the real thief, he also learns about hard work and the richness of a life uncomplicated by modern conveniences--and he learns that friendship is timeless. When he time travels back to 2005 once his task is complete, he discovers that Al has died, but that he's left him a knife marked with an X, proving to himself that his adventure in the 1930s actually happened and that his influence changed history for the better. Annette Wells, Komachin MS, Lacey lac·ey adj. Variant of lacy. , WA J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. S--Recommended for senior high school students. A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. *--The asterisk (1) See Asterisk PBX. (2) In programming, the asterisk or "star" symbol (*) means multiplication. For example, 10 * 7 means 10 multiplied by 7. The * is also a key on computer keypads for entering expressions using multiplication. highlights exceptional books. |
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