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How Jack lost time / Stéphanie Lapointe & Delphie Côté-Lacroix ; translated by Arielle Aaronson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: Vancouver/Berkeley : Greystone Kids, 2020Description: 94 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781771647571
  • 1771647574
Uniform titles:
  • Jack et le temps perdu. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "Jack is not like other sea captains. Fishermen say he's weird, but Jack only cares about one thing: the grey whale with the scarred dorsal fin, the one who swallowed up his son, Julos, years before. Jack promises he will not come home without Julos, even if it means losing himself in the process. Then, on a night like any other, Jack sees something lurking around his boat. He throws himself into the whale's dark mouth. But is he too late? Will his son recognize him after years of being alone?"--Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Fiction LAPOINTE STEPHANI Available 33111010606750
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Fiction LAPOINTE STEPHANI Available 33111010758171
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"An artful and timeless exploration of love, loss, grief, and family, How Jack Lost Time will appeal to readers of Charlie Mackesy's The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse, and other picture books for older readers and adults.

Jack is not like other sea captains. Fishermen say he's weird, but Jack only cares about one thing: the grey whale with the scarred dorsal fin, the one who swallowed up his son, Julos, years before. Jack promises he will not come home without Julos, even if it means losing himself in the process. Then, on a night like any other, Jack sees something lurking around his boat. He throws himself into the whale's dark mouth. But is he too late? Will his son recognize him after years of being alone?

Poignant, original, and vibrant, this contemporary nautical fable journeys into the heart of the human spirit, and will move readers young and old.

Winner of the 2019 Governor General's Award for Youth Literature--French Language

Translated from the French.

"Originally published in French in 2018 as Jack et le temps perdu"--Title page verso.

"Jack is not like other sea captains. Fishermen say he's weird, but Jack only cares about one thing: the grey whale with the scarred dorsal fin, the one who swallowed up his son, Julos, years before. Jack promises he will not come home without Julos, even if it means losing himself in the process. Then, on a night like any other, Jack sees something lurking around his boat. He throws himself into the whale's dark mouth. But is he too late? Will his son recognize him after years of being alone?"--Provided by publisher.

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