**Fans of Adam Gidwitz and Chris Colfer will give a GIANT cheer for this funny fairytale retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk!** All work and no play makes Jack extremely bored. And when Jack gets bored, he makes mischief. It's not that he's *bad;* he just longs for adventure--and there's *nothi
Jack-The True Story of Jack and the Beanstalk
β Scribed by Shurtliff, Liesl
- Book ID
- 110452982
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 5 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780385755795
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Fans of The Land of Stories and Ella Enchanted will give a GIANT cheer for this funny fairytale retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk!
All his life, Jack has longed for an adventure, so when giants turn up in the neighbor's cabbage patch, he is thrilled! Soon Jack is chasing them to a land beyond the clouds, with his little sister, Annabella, in tow. The kingdom of giants is full of super-sized fun: puddings to swim in, spoons to use as catapults, monster toads to carry off pesky little sisters. . . .
But Jack and Annabella are on a mission. The king of the giants has taken something that belongs to them, and they'll do anything--even dive into a smelly tureen of green bean soup--to get it back.
"Liesl Shurtliff has the uncanny ability to make magical worlds feel utterly real, and the best part is: you don't even need a beanstalk to visit them." --Tim Federle, author of Better Nate than Ever
"A delightful story of family,...
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