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    Jack's Journal
    Jack's Journal
    Jack's Journal
    Ebook73 pages57 minutes

    Jack's Journal

    By Anne Ludwig

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    Jack hates writing. He avoids it like the plague. When his dad discovers how little Jack does in writing class at school, he tries to help him by reading with him each night. The events in the night-time story start taking place in Jack’s life. His parents dismiss these events as mere coincidence. But Jack knows better.
    Life gets scary when Hamish, Jack’s friend, is badly hurt in a car accident. An accident Jack knew was going to happen. One of the teachers at school gives him a journal in which to record his feelings. Although reluctant at first, Jack does attempt to use the journal and discovers something life-changing. Whatever he writes in the journal happens in real life. He discovers that the possibilities are limitless and the power that comes with this gift is intoxicating.
    Things get out of hand when the journal is shut by mistake and the bad things he wrote in anger start to happen. Then the journal disappears. Without the journal to help him right the wrongs, he has to find another way to prevent or fix the events that he knows are now destined to follow. When Jack finally finds the journal, he discovers that it no longer has special powers. He realises he is content to live day by day, enjoying the surprises that each day brings. The journal does however have one last surprise for him!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAnne Ludwig
    Release dateAug 10, 2013
    ISBN9780992296919
    Jack's Journal
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    Anne Ludwig

    Anne is a primary school teacher who enjoys working with children, especially those who enjoy learning and trying new things. Anne loves spending time with her family, walking on the beach, swimming in the sea or hiking in a rain forest. She enjoys reading and writing, shaping bonsai trees, playing golf and going for long walks with the family’s golden lab.

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      Jack's Journal - Anne Ludwig

      Jack’s journal

      Anne Ludwig

      Published by Anne Ludwig at Smashwords

      Copyright 2013 Anne Ludwig

      Cover art copyright Linda Adams 2013

      Publishing advice and support: Lesley Humphrey

      Smashwords Edition, Licence Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1. Sprung!

      Chapter 2. Jack finds $50.00

      Chapter 3. Science lesson goes wrong

      Chapter 4. Magic goes missing

      Chapter 5. Good news for Jack

      Chapter 6. Jack starts to worry

      Chapter 7. It happens

      Chapter 8. Jack works it out

      Chapter 9. Hamish’s miraculous recovery

      Chapter 10. The journal

      Chapter 11. Chocolates and tickets

      Chapter 12. Lucky and luckier!

      Chapter 13. Stakeout!

      Chapter 14. Troy!

      Chapter 15. Unlucky Troy

      Chapter 16. The journal works… again

      Chapter 17. The rescue

      Chapter 18. Daddy cat

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      1. Sprung!

      Jack, I had a parent–teacher interview with Miss Sparks today. She said that you’ve only done two pages in your writing journal all year. Jack stared dumbly at his father. Was this supposed to be a news flash? He knew exactly how much writing he hadn’t done this year. He hated writing.

      Just write about something you’re interested in, Miss Sparks always said. Well he had, for two pages. There was nothing else to write. Baseball… done on page one! Soccer… done on page two! Nothing else was worth writing about. It was boring in the extreme! He needed action, and writing wasn’t action.

      Did she tell you about Number Fact Shoot-out and that I’m undefeated? asked Jack, hopefully.

      She did, and I’m proud of you, but we’re talking about writing.

      I don’t know what to write about, whined Jack.

      Mmm… I’ll think about that today and see if I can come up with a plan to help you, said his father, heading into the kitchen and turning on the kettle.

      Uh! Great! Thanks, Dad, said Jack, bewildered that that was the end of the conversation. No lecture? No threat to make him write every day for six hours until he got his act together? His dad wasn’t mad, or calling him lazy. This was a little confusing. Maybe he understood the stress of trying to write.

      Jack shook his head and went outside with his soccer ball. He would never understand parents. They were so unpredictable.

      Half an hour before bedtime, Jack’s dad announced that it was time to go upstairs to his bedroom.

      What? No way! said Jack, horrified.

      Well, I’ve got a plan to help you with your writing. We’re starting tonight.

      Going to bed early is not going to help, said Jack.

      Who said anything about going to bed?

      But you said…

      Just come upstairs with me, said his dad.

      Jack followed, intrigued, but not convinced that this would turn out very well for him. Jack’s dad sat on his bed. He was holding a bag from a bookshop. Jack sat next to him.

      Jack’s dad took out a large book.

      We’re going to read someone else’s writing, smiled his dad. He opened the book and started reading. It was cosy sitting there next to his dad. The story was really very exciting. This guy, Ben, was so cool. He did crazy, dangerous, daring things. He played jokes on his teacher. All the kids in his class thought he was cool. He played baseball and soccer. He was a wicked skateboarder. By the end of the first chapter, Jack was ready to change his name to Ben. To top it off, Ben found fifty dollars in a hollow in a tree, on his way home from school one day. Jack liked that idea. He wouldn’t mind finding fifty dollars like that. Fifty dollars would mean that he’d be able to buy the iPod touch that he had been saving up for.

      Jack had weird dreams that night, with toilet paper turning into fifty dollar notes. And iPods growing on trees. But he could never reach high enough to pick one. He woke up exhausted.

      2. Jack finds $50.00

      Jack and Hamish, his best friend, rode their bikes home from school the next day, as usual. As they passed the gum tree on the corner, Jack noticed a huge hollow in the trunk.

      Now that’s the kind of place cockatoos make their nests, said Hamish, when he noticed Jack

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