Mr. Was (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780689819148)

Jack Lund figures a good day is when his dad's too drunk to beat up his mom.

For Jack, Bogg's End is the end. The end of the turbulent, see-saw years of watching his father go on the wagon and fall right back off gain. Once it took two years, but the inevitable inevitably happened. Now it's just Jack and his mom starting over in the strange old house his grandfather left them.

But the ride's not over yet. Jack's father returns, full of apologies and promises, and for a little while, things are looking up. Then in one terrifying, sickening moment, everything comes crashing back down again.

So Jack runs. He runs through a strange hidden door that takes him back in time to before his parents were born. Before he was born. Maybe with a second chance he can stop the inevitable. At least he's got to try. What Jack doesn't understand, though, is that he can't change his future until he faces his past.

Author: Pete Hautman
ISBN-10: 0689819145
ISBN-13: 9780689819148
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 03/01/1998
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.28lbs
Size: 7.02h x 4.23w x 0.66d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 26716 / Mr. Was

Award: Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Nominee