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Jumping the Scratch

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By Sarah Weeks
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers - (Laura Geringer Book)
Jumping the Scratch
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Jamie Reardon has always heard that bad things come in threes. So after his cat, Mister, dies, his father leaves, and his aunt Sapphy has an accident that causes her memory to develop a skip, Jamie hopes his life will go back to being as normal as cornflakes. But unfortunately theres one more bad thing in store for Jamie something hed give anything to be able to forget and this one leaves him feeling like a stranger to himself. Jamie tries in vain to find the magic trigger that will help Sapphys memory jump the scratch, like the needle on her favorite Frank Sinatra record, but in the end its Aunt Sapphy who, along with a curious girl named Audrey Krouch, helps Jamie unravel the mysteries of memory and jump the scratch in his own life. Sarah Weekss poignant characters and powerful prose come together in a story that is both heart wrenching and inspiring another gem from the awardwinning author of So B. It.

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30376 words30,376 words
167 pages167 pages
Lexile 860LLexile 860L
Grade 3 to 7Grade 3 to 7
Age 8-12Age 8-12
Published 2006Published 2006

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9780060541101

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