If Jack's in Love

I really liked this novel. The main theme of this story is that you can't choose your family. Jack is a Witcher, a family known for being trashy. His dad is unemployed and likes to cause fights, his mom is "sweet but ugly" and his brother is a hippie who also has a volatile personality. When a local......more

Wetta has written that rare novel that can truly be called a “crossover,” in the sense that it speaks to adults just as it speaks to teens. It raises questions that are not really resolved, and speaks to the nature of fiction itself. If we change just one thing in one’s life, does that make all the......more

Every so often a reader comes across a book that changes them forever. It alters their lives so that they are just a little bit different after reading that book, and it is bound to become one of their life long favorites. Today, this book was added to that list for me. Stephen Wetta's debut novel abo......more

I guess I'm the minority, but I felt bored with this book. Yes, Jack's voice is fairly original, and I did read the whole thing, so there must have been some appeal. I kept waiting for it to get amazing (considering the high ratings here), but it just didn't happen for me.......more

Twelve-year-old Jack is a Witcher. His family is at the bottom of the social ladder in their 1960s Virginia neighborhood. Their yard is full of junk, his dad is often unemployed, his mother is homely, and his older brother is a delinquent. In other words, they're "white trash," barely above the sole......more