BOOK: Crazy Jack by Napoli

[Frederick Muller <fmuller@TELLURIAN.NET>]

Napoli, Donna Jo._Crazy Jack_,1999 [0-385-32627-0]
This a love story wrapped around the story of Jack and the
Beanstalk.  The first half of the story deals with Jack's father
disappearing and the hard luck the family goes through because of
it.  Jack's girl from very young begins to separate from him now
because he is going crazy because of his father's disappearance.
When the family is on their last leg, Jack sells their cow for the
beans, climbs the beanstalk and has adventures with the giant.
Eventually with the changing treasures Jack gets from the giant, he
wins back his girl after years of struggling.  This adaptation of a
fairy tale did not work for me as well as her others have.  I found it
annoying each time the giant actually says the "fee fie fo fum..."
line each time Jack appears. As a long-suffering love story,  this
134 page book is fine but in total, the combination of Jack with it,
is not smooth.

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