
By Ben Hatke
Book #1 in the Mighty Jack series
A summer garden turns magical, unleashing chaos and a dragon.
Jack's summer takes a wild turn when his silent sister, Maddy, speaks for the first time, urging him to trade their mom's car for mysterious seeds. Their backyard transforms into a magical jungle, teeming with bizarre creatures and a dragon. As Jack navigates this enchanting chaos, he must protect his sister and uncover the garden's secrets. What wonders and dangers await in this extraordinary adventure?
Jack might be the only kid in the world who’s dreading summer. But he’s got a good reason: summer is when his single mom takes a second job and leaves him at home to watch his autistic kid sister, Maddy. It’s a lot of responsibility, and it’s boring, too, because Maddy doesn’t talk. Ever. But then, one day at the flea market, Maddy does talk—to tell Jack to trade their mom’s car for a box of mysterious seeds. It’s the best mistake Jack has ever made. In Mighty Jack, what starts as a normal little garden out back behind the house quickly grows up into a wild, magical jungle with tiny onion babies running amok, huge, pink pumpkins that bite, and, on one moonlit night that changes everything…a dragon.
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