Jack & the Red Giant - (Tree Street Kids) by Amanda Cleary Eastep (Paperback)

About the Book

Jack and his family endeavor to make Buzz, the neighborhood bully, feel welcome in their house after a fire devastates his home.

Book Synopsis

Jack Finch is seeing stars.

And it has nothing to do with Christmas. Snowball wars are being waged against the Tree Street Kids, and Jack has taken a hit to the eye from one of Buzz Rublatz's polar projectiles. Jack plans the perfect defense-the Abominable Snowman-ator. But building your greatest invention is tough when you're also practicing for the starring role in the school nativity play. One cold, starry night, a neighborhood catastrophe disturbs the peacefulness of the snow-covered streets and twinkling lights. What's that terrible orange glow down the block? And does Buzz know more about it than he's telling? Jack is determined to find out. But, first, he needs a Christmas miracle. Will Jack find room in his heart to welcome an unexpected addition to the stage and his home? To Jack's surprise, he gives the neighborhood bully a greater gift than either of them could have imagined.

Book Six in the Tree Street Kids Series

About the Author

AMANDA CLEARY EASTEP is an award-winning children's author and a book editor. She works in a cabin in the mountains of North Carolina, but she has lived most of her life in the suburbs of Chicago, the home of the Tree Street Kids. Amanda and her husband, together, have eight grown children and a border collie named Annie who wakes Amanda up early every morning to write.