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Sep 09, 2008 | ISBN 9780440421382 | Middle Grade (8-12) Buy *This format is not eligible to earn points towards the Reader Rewards program
Mar 12, 2009 | ISBN 9780307496270 | Middle Grade (8-12) Buy
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Sep 09, 2008 | ISBN 9780440421382 | Middle Grade (8-12)
Mar 12, 2009 | ISBN 9780307496270 | Middle Grade (8-12)
JACKSON JONES CAN’T get away from roses. First his mother got him a plot at Rooter’s, a community garden where Jackson planted a rosebush of thorns and no blooms. Now Mr. K., a fellow gardener, enlists Jackson’s help to rustle up some rare old-time roses. The kind that grow in cemeteries! And no sooner do Jackson and his friend Reuben take the rose cutting home than Reuben’s gloom-and-doom talk of curses seems real.
Jackson Jones can’t get away from roses. First his mother got him a plot at Rooter’s, a community garden, where Jackson planted a rosebush of thorns and no blooms. Now Mr. K., a fellow gardener, enlists Jackson’s help to rustle up some hardier, prettier, sweeter-smelling old-time roses. The kind that grow in cemeteries! But no sooner do Jackson and his good friend, Reuben, take the rose cutting home than Reuben’s gloom-and-doom talk of curses seems real.Broken bones. Poison ivy. Stinging bees. Jackson doesn’t want to believe that anyone who comes in contact with the cemetery roses or cut twig suffers any of these consequences. But could it be that by taking the cutting, Jackson places his friends, Rooter’s, and even himself–gulp!–under the curse of the outlaw rose?
Mary Quattlebaum’s first book, Jackson Jones and the Puddle of Thorns, was the winner of the first annual Marguerite de Angeli Prize for middle-grade fiction. She has also written Jazz, Pizzazz, and the Silver Threads; its companion, The Magic Squad and the Dog of Great… More about Mary Quattlebaum
“A well-written, fast-paced adventure for early chapter book readers. Engaging characters, a unique mystery, and the familiarity of returning cast members makes this an appealing selection.”—School Library Journal“Once again Jackson’s wry contemporary narrative packs exciting facts about plants and how they grow into a warm story of friends and neighbors.”—Booklist
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