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Jackson Jones and the Puddle of Thorns Paperback - 1995
by Mary Quattlebaum
All Jackson Jones wants for his tenth birthday is a basketball. Instead, his mother gives him a garden plot close to their city apartment. What could he possibly do with a "big mess of trouble and weeds?" "Quattlebaum has created a winning cast of characters . . . and a savvy young hero whom readers will like--and respect".--School Library Journal, starred review.
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Nothing but a big mess of trouble and weeds..That's what Jackson Jones thinks of the garden plot his mother gives him for his tenth birthday. What happened to the basketball he's hoped and prayed for all year?When Jackson comes up with a moneymaking scheme for the garden, it doesn't seem so bad after all. He even cuts his friends in on the action. But before long, Jackson finds out that friends and business don't always mix. When the neighborhood bully calls him "Bouquet Jones," Jackson is ready to give up. Maybe gardens don't belong in cities after all....Winner of the first annual Marguerite de Angeli Prize.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Nothing but a big mess of trouble and weeds..
That's what Jackson Jones thinks of the garden plot his mother gives him for his tenth birthday. What happened to the basketball he's hoped and prayed for all year?
When Jackson comes up with a moneymaking scheme for the garden, it doesn't seem so bad after all. He even cuts his friends in on the action. But before long, Jackson finds out that friends and business don't always mix. When the neighborhood bully calls him "Bouquet Jones," Jackson is ready to give up. Maybe gardens don't belong in cities after all....
Winner of the first annual Marguerite de Angeli Prize.
That's what Jackson Jones thinks of the garden plot his mother gives him for his tenth birthday. What happened to the basketball he's hoped and prayed for all year?
When Jackson comes up with a moneymaking scheme for the garden, it doesn't seem so bad after all. He even cuts his friends in on the action. But before long, Jackson finds out that friends and business don't always mix. When the neighborhood bully calls him "Bouquet Jones," Jackson is ready to give up. Maybe gardens don't belong in cities after all....
Winner of the first annual Marguerite de Angeli Prize.
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- Title Jackson Jones and the Puddle of Thorns
- Author Mary Quattlebaum
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reissue
- Pages 128
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Yearling Books, New York, New York
- Date 1995-04-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- ISBN 9780440410669 / 0440410665
- Weight 0.2 lbs (0.09 kg)
- Dimensions 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.3 in (19.30 x 13.21 x 0.76 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 510
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- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Topical: Family
- Topical: Friendship
- Library of Congress subjects Single-parent families, Friendship
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 93011433
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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