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Jack: Secret Histories (Repairman Jack Novels) | 
 enlarge | Author: F. Paul Wilson
Publisher: Tor Teen
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 25406
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.8 x 1.2
ISBN: 0765318547
EAN: 9780765318541
ASIN: 0765318547
Publication Date: May 27, 2008
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Ever come across a situation that simply wasn’t right—where someone was getting the dirty end of the stick and you wished you could make things right but didn’t know how? Fourteen-year-old Jack knows how. Or rather he’s learning how. He’s discovering that he has a knack for fixing things. Not bikes or toys or appliances—situations…. It all starts when Jack and his best friends, Weezy and Eddie, discover a rotting corpse—the victim of ritual murder—in the fabled New Jersey Pine Barrens. Beside the body is an ancient artifact carved with strange designs. What is its secret? What is the secret of the corpse? What other mysteries hide in the dark, timeless Pine Barrens? And who doesn’t want them revealed? Jack’s town, the surrounding Barrens, his friends, even Jack himself…they all have…Secret Histories.
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 A Two Pronged Review of a Great Book August 16, 2008
1st--for young adult readers looking for good books: Let me tell you if you like creepiness (the kind that sneaks up on you from a seemingly "normal" story) and if you like mysteries and page-turners about regular people like you...here's a book made just for you. It's set in 1983 (so you might get some insight into what it was like when your parents were growing up) Jack is just "Jack." He and his friends find a body in a desolate area near their small New Jersey town. But that's not all they find. Buried with the body is a box made of a mysterious material that only opens for Jack. Louise (Weezy) Jack's friend is really into "secret" histories, the things about the history of the world they don't teach you in school--Atlantis, Knights Templar, Aliens, Bigfoot--and she knows she's just found a piece of secret history. Strange things are afoot in their small town, though. Other people are dying, and everything seems to be related to Jack and Weezy's find. Jack is a great character, he doesn't like bullies or unfairness...and he seems to have a knack for FIXING situations. Very cool, you'll want the next in the trilogy as soon as you're done!
2nd--for Repairman Jack's adult fans: How cool is this? Backstory on Jack. Don't let the "YA" label turn you away. In 1983, Jack's Mom is alive. You get to meet a young Kate & Tom. The old ladies with dog are present...as are others from adventures in Jack's "future." In this book you get to watch Jack develop his taste for fixing. It stands to reason that Jack would be a pretty solitary kid who's very resourceful and creative. Everything you love about the adult series is here (well, except Gia and Vickie and Abe). This is well worth your time. Check it out!
 Jack Secret Histories by F. Paul Wilson August 15, 2008
If you're a fan of Repairman Jack, or F. Paul wilson then you'll like this one too. A great read.
Pretty good and kept me interested July 2, 2008
Secret histories basically lays some background for what I believe will come in the next installments of Repairman Jack. I thought you might get a little more background on his parents and the events that led him to be what he is. He of course he has his adventure and there are the usual references to a woman with a dog and so forth. This being a young adult novel, it didn't get too deep or violent, but was a decent holdover until the next 'real' installment comes out.
repairman jack,the early years June 25, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
very informative novel.expands on the legend while a teen.the author seems to be interested in cornering the youth market and with his expertise in character development it won"t be a problem.
Great Backstory! June 24, 2008
As a longtime fan of the Repairman Jack novels, I really enjoyed this foray into Jack's roots. It is a good story regardless of if you have read previous "Jack" novels or not, but I think that I would suggest to someone who has not read any of them yet that they read at least one of the ones featuring Jack as an adult before reading this one simply because it was interesting to find the correlations between the man Jack becomes and the boy he was, and how his job at the used goods store and his first encounters with the lady and the dog tie into later events. I do hope that Mr. Wilson will continue weaving tales about Jack, both as an adult and as a boy.
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