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Chargement... Flash Jackpar Maureen McCarthy
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When burglars break into Jack's house, they take all his stuff. Now he's got no skateboard, no TV, no music, nothing. All his brothers do is fight, his mum thinks they all need counselling, his dad's trying to set an example, but hey, who's interested? Jack just wants to get out of that house. So he does. And he meets Diana. And her dog. And her grandma, who wears tiger-skin bikinis. They're all pretty vicious. And suddenly, life is anything but boring. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Jack’s older brothers, Sean - sporty, at University, and Frank - sixteen with attitude, are extremely distressed by the theft. For Frank in particular, who lived for his music, all that he saved for, lived for, is gone.
The family is experiencing difficult times with the relationships between the members at breaking point; constant verbal confrontations are commonplace. The theft seems too much to bear.
Into this tense situation, Jack’s father Dave throws a lit torch. The bathroom window has been accidentally left open whilst they were away and he refuses to ‘ignore’ this fact when filling out the insurance claim. Consequently, their insurance is not valid and they have no way of replacing the stolen items.
Dave Lightfoot feels he is making a moral stand in telling the truth – the other members of the family find this difficult to comprehend.
We view this difficult time through the experiences of Jack, now left alone with little to do. Jack really misses his skateboard most, and wanders the neighborhood in search of entertainment and time out. Jack meets Diana - older, different, more worldly wise yet childlike – who is unlike anyone Jack has ever known. They form a relationship that becomes important to Jack. As Jack and Diana, and then Frank, plot to salvage items that they know to be theirs from the robbery, the situation becomes life threatening yet full of drama and intrigue for the teenagers. As family relationships are stretched and tested, it becomes obvious that Diana was more involved in the robbery than she has admitted and that it will take strength and caring to bring the family back together.