Overview
Ever come across a situation that simply wasn't right - where someone was getting the dirty end of the stick and you wished you could make things right but didn't know how? Fourteen-year-old Jack knows how. Or rather he's learning how. He's discovering that he has a knack for fixing things. Not bikes or toys or appliances - situations...It all starts when Jack and his best friends, Weezy and Eddie, discover a rotting corpse - the victim of ritual murder - in the fabled New Jersey Pine Barrens. Beside the body is an ancient artifact carved with strange designs. What is its secret? What is the secret of the corpse? What other mysteries hide in the dark, timeless Pine Barrens? And who doesn't want them revealed?
Full Product Details
Author: F. Paul Wilson
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Imprint: Tor Books
Dimensions:
Width: 13.00cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.231kg
ISBN: 9780765358110
ISBN 10: 0765358115
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 29 December 2009
Recommended Age: From 12 to 18 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
Wilson deftly keeps interest high with well-drawn characterizations, modulating the thrills with details of day-to-day life in the early 1980s. Cracking good fun for teens. -- Kirkus Reviews Fast paced and wonderfully crafted, this is a great book for both adult fans of Jack, and a wonderful new series for young adults. If you haven't read Wilson yet, this is a good place to start. -- Crimespree Magazine After 11 Repairman Jack novels for adults, most of which have strong elements of science fiction and fantasy, Mr. Wilson has written Jack: Secret Histories, his first for teenagers... It's easy to see why Stephen King describes himself as the president of the Repairman Jack Fan Club. -- New York Sun
Wilson deftly keeps interest high with well-drawn characterizations, modulating the thrills with details of day-to-day life in the early 1980s. Cracking good fun for teens. Kirkus Reviews Fast paced and wonderfully crafted, this is a great book for both adult fans of Jack, and a wonderful new series for young adults. If you haven't read Wilson yet, this is a good place to start. Crimespree Magazine After 11 Repairman Jack novels for adults, most of which have strong elements of science fiction and fantasy, Mr. Wilson has written Jack: Secret Histories, his first for teenagers It's easy to see why Stephen King describes himself as the president of the Repairman Jack Fan Club. New York Sun
-Wilson deftly keeps interest high with well-drawn characterizations, modulating the thrills with details of day-to-day life in the early 1980s. Cracking good fun for teens.- --Kirkus Reviews-Fast paced and wonderfully crafted, this is a great book for both adult fans of Jack, and a wonderful new series for young adults. If you haven't read Wilson yet, this is a good place to start.- --Crimespree Magazine-After 11 Repairman Jack novels for adults, most of which have strong elements of science fiction and fantasy, Mr. Wilson has written Jack: Secret Histories, his first for teenagers... It's easy to see why Stephen King describes himself as the president of the Repairman Jack Fan Club.- --New York Sun
Author Information
F. Paul Wilson is the New York Times bestselling author of horror, adventure, medical thrillers, science fiction, and virtually everything in between. His books include the Repairman Jack novels, including Ground Zero, The Tomb, and Fatal Error; the Adversary cycle, including The Keep; and the young adult series featuring the teenage Jack. Wilson has won the Prometheus Award, the Bram Stoker Award, the Inkpot Award from the San Diego ComiCon, and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Horror Writers of America, among other honors. He lives in Wall, New Jersey.
