Children's Fiction Death & Dying
How Jack Lost Time
- Publisher
- Greystone Books Ltd
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2020
- Category
- Death & Dying, General, General
- Recommended Age
- 9 to 12
- Recommended Grade
- 4 to 7
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781771647571
- Publish Date
- Oct 2020
- List Price
- $26.95
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Description
“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
About the authors
Author Stéphanie Lapointe is a jack-of-all-trades who loves to do everything - even the dishes because it relaxes her. When she sings, records, plays the piano, or plays characters in TV series or movies, she feels good. Even if she does not particularly like to get on a plane (especially not the little ones with doors through which the air from outside infiltrates), Stéphanie does it occasionally to go and shoot different documentary projects. It is thanks to one of her friends that Stéphanie embarked on the adventure of writing. She has won the Governor General’s Award for her book Grandfather and the Moon, as well as for the Fanny Cloutier series.
She is well-known in Canada as she is a singer, song writer, actress and humanitarian activist. She is known for winning the second season of the reality TV show Star Académie, winning the title of “next solo singing sensation”.
Today, Stéphanie lives in Montreal in a white and pink house she built with someone she loves.
Stéphanie Lapointe's profile page
Delphie Côté-Lacroix is an illustrator working from Montreal, Quebec. Her work has received several awards over the years, including the Governor General’s Literary Award for best illustrated book. She often illustrates texts addressing sensitive subject matters or important social issues. She believes it is the artist’s responsibility to contribute to the collective narrative and to do so with nuance and complexity. Her style can be recognized by her limited color palette, her use of soft textures and simple compositions.
Delphie Côté-Lacroix's profile page
ARIELLE AARONSON left her native New Jersey in 2007 to pursue a diploma in Translation Studies at Concordia University in Montreal. She holds an M.A. in Second Language Education from McGill University and has spent the past few years teaching English in the Montreal public school system and creating educational material for second language learners. She previously translated Marie-Renée Lavoie’s Autopsy of a Boring Wife and A Boring Wife Settles the Score for Arachnide.
Editorial Reviews
"[How Jack Lost Time] offers an affecting, devastating portrayal of the reverberating impacts of loss."
— Booklist
“The nautical narrative promises to be quirky, mature, and quite sad."
— Quill & Quire
