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Jumping the ScratchSarah Weeks
Young Adult

Jumping the Scratch

192 pagesFirst published 20064 editions
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Jamie Reardon has always heard that bad things come in threes. So after his cat, Mister, dies, his father leaves, and his aunt Sapphy has an accident that causes her memory to develop a skip, Jamie hopes his life will go back to being as normal as cornflakes. But unfortunately there's one more bad thing in store for Jamie -- something he'd give anything to be able to forget -- and this one leaves him feeling like a stranger to himself. Jamie tries in vain to find the magic trigger that will help Sapphy's memory jump the scratch, like the needle on her favorite Frank Sinatra record, but in the…

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Editions

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EbookHarperCollins2009—9780061978791
PaperbackHarperTrophy20081929780060541118
EditionLaura Geringer Books2006—9780060541095
AudiobookRecorded Books2006—9781419382284
AuntsJuvenile FictionFictionChild sexual abuseMemorySexual abuseChildren's fictionChild sexual abuse, fiction