Books with title Black Jack

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An atmospheric and chilling thriller set in 19th century London. Bartholomew Dorking finds himself inexplicably tied to the murdering villain Black Jack, who should have hung from the gallows - but who has now, it seems, come back from the dead! BLLeon Garfield was one of the most celebrated children's authors of the twentieth century, and won the Guardian Award, The Whitbread Award, and the Carnegie Medal BLThis is a fast-paced, roller-coaster ride of a read, and is accompanied by energetic black and white line drawings by acclaimed artist Jason Cockcroft

Born a girl during the Civil War, Jack has been passing as a boy in the slums of Five Points, Manhattan, since running away from an orphans' home at age eight. He makes his living at petty thievery, surviving pocket watch-to-pocket watch until he discovers a talent for gambling. Lucy is a bright girl trapped in a dreary life with her widowed mother. When she meets Jack on the street, her days are happier than they have ever been. But her heart is broken when mother takes her far from New York, perhaps never to see Jack again. Her new home in a rowdy Arizona mining town is as dismal as ever, but she finds a glimmer of hope in dreams of a career on stage. Now, to find their way to the life they promised each other, Jack and Lucy will have to dodge dangers and take risks they never dreamed of as childhood sweethearts.

Jack is a teenager who wants nothing more than to be normal - even if being normal means having divorced parents and a rather strange best friend. But when Jack's father takes him out rowing on a lake and tells his son that he's gay, nothing will ever be normal again. Out of Jack's struggle to redefine what is 'family', comes a work of enormous humour, charm and resonance, the most convincing, funny and insightful novel about adolescence since The Catcher in the Rye.

Enter an adrenaline-laced epic where dreams and reality collideFleeing his assailants through deserted alleyways, Thomas Hunter narrowly escapes to the roof of a building. Then a silent bullet from the night clips his head . . . and his world goes black.From the blackness comes an amazing reality of another world--a world where evil is contained. A world where Thomas Hunter is in love with a beautiful woman.But then he remembers the dream of being chased through an alleyway as he reaches to touch the blood on his head. Where does the dream end and reality begin?Every time he falls asleep in one world, he awakes in the other. Yet in both, catastrophic disaster awaits him . . . may even be caused by him.Some say the world hangs in the balance of every choice we make. Now the fate of two worlds hangs in the balance of one man's choices.

New 5th Anniversary Editions include Bonus Graphic Novels.An Adrenaline-Laced Epic Where Dreams and Reality Collide.Fleeing assailants through deserted alleyways, Thomas Hunter narrowly escapes to the roof of a building. Then a silent bullet from the night clips his head . . . and his world goes black. From the blackness comes an amazing reality of another world where evil is contained. A world where Thomas Hunter is in love with a beautiful woman. But then he remembers the dream of being chased through an alleyway as he reaches to touch the blood on his head. Where does the dream end and reality begin? Every time he falls asleep in one world, he awakes in the other. Yet in both, catastrophic disaster awaits him . . . may even be caused by him. Some say the world hangs in the balance of every choice we make. Now the fate of two worlds hangs in the balance of one man's choices.

According to Denise P. Isaac, BLACK is intended to assist in minimizing the stereotypical behaviors, hate, disrespect, rejection, denial, and misunderstandings that some people have concerning Black children and to understand the things that they so often encounter. Her poetry speaks to the children about who they are and gives them a platform to build their self-esteem and confidence by reading and reciting poetic verses…. There’s NO SHAME in being BLACK…. While socially conscious citizens from the nation’s streets and communities are rallying for the cause of Black Lives Matter, Denise is voicing her concerns through the spoken word of poetry. BLACK is one of the first colors that artists decided to use in art and their masterpieces BLACK is a color that can be mixed with other colors to enhance and change them BLACK is the combination of all other colors and races including white and being without color BLACK is versatile, accommodating, flexible, rewarding, necessary, and enduring. BLACK is specifically tailored to Empower, Encourage, Inspire, Educate, Uplift and Enlighten Black children for a lifetime. It is a tool that belongs in every home in America. Although much of the poetry is based on the struggles and negative encounters experienced by Black children and their families, it is told in a way that gives hope and vibrancy to those who listen to the words.