Jumping the Scratch
HarperCollins · Paperback · December 26, 2007
Jamie Reardon has always heard that bad things come in threes.
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- Who it’s for
- A tender, uneasy story about grief, fractured memory, and finding a way back to yourself.
- Themes
- Grief and loss, Family change, Memory and self-discovery
- Genres
- Loss & Grief, Friendship, Family Stories
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Jamie Reardon has always heard that bad things come in threes. So after his cat, Mister, dies, his father leaves, and his aunt Sapphy has an accident that causes her memory to develop a skip, Jamie hopes his life will go back to being as normal as cornflakes. But unfortunately there's one more bad thing in store for Jamie—something he'd give anything to be able to forget—and this one leaves him feeling like a stranger to himself.
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Jamie tries in vain to find the magic trigger that will help Sapphy's memory jump the scratch, but in the end it's Aunt Sapphy who, along with a curious girl named Audrey Krouch, helps Jamie unravel the mysteries of memory and jump the scratch in his own life.
Memory and Loss
A tender, uneasy story about grief, fractured memory, and finding a way back to yourself.
Come here for
- For grief, family upheaval, and memory that won’t stay neatly in place.
Expect
- An emotionally unsettled journey toward feeling like yourself again.
Where it sits
| Friendship | 43% |
|---|---|
| Loss & Grief | 38% |
| Family Stories | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Family Stories
- Stories About Divorce
- Stepfamily Stories
- Growing Up
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- Friendship
- Runaway Stories
- Violence & Safety
- Dating & Sex for Teens
- Authors
- Sarah Weeks
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- December 26, 2007
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Grief and loss · Family change · Memory and self-discovery
- Reading lane
- Family Stories