Small as an Elephant by Jennifer Richard Jacobson. 288 p. Candlewick Press, March, 2011. 9780763641559. (Own.)
#tbt features Small as an Elephant by Jennifer Richard Jacobson. This book is a favorite among my students who love sad stories. It was published ten years ago and made quite a few state reading lists as well as YALSA's Best Fiction for Young Adults list.
Jack had been thrilled with his mom's suggestion of a weekend camping trip in Maine before starting sixth grade. When he leaves his tent in the morning, something is terribly wrong. His mother's tent and her car are gone. She has left him alone in the woods. Unfortunately for Jack, this is not the first time she has done this. She has terrible mood swings and sometimes she "spins." The last time she left him alone, they were in their apartment in Boston and he ended up in the care of his estranged grandmother. Now, he's stranded in the woods with very little money and no food. How will he get back to Boston? Can he do it without being caught?
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