Description
Very Good+ dust jacket, a mylar dust jacket has been added, illustrated with boy and girl with a flashlight hiding behind a chair, slight rub wear along upper edge on back with several spots of rub wear on back panel. The Near Fine condition binding is red cloth over boards, yellow lettering on spine. The binding is tight and pages are clean. The book measures 8.2″ tall x 5.5″ wide.
About the book (from the dust jacket)
They had noticed him until he was there, before them, standing so his shadow seemed to cross Yancy’s face. Both sat up straight. He was a short man, with a thick gray beard, little glasses that rested almost invisibly on his nose, and a shapeless brown hat. His baggy coat was much too large. Meg was instantly defensive. “Who’re you?”
“My name is… but never mind, most folks don’t call me anything but Jack.”
That’s how runaway orphans Meg and Yancy met the strange old derelict called Mr. Jack. Experienced as the two youngsters were at evading the authorities, Mr. Jack was better. They teamed up with him, and almost immediately he found them a place to stay that nobody else knew about. From then on he seemed to reappear whenever they particularly needed help or advice. Meg and Yancy did very well on their own, keeping themselves alive with odd jobs, but once in a while the adult world would threaten them anew with being sent back to the orphanage, and that’s when Mr. Jack would pop up again. Readers young and old will enjoy the lighthearted adventures of these two canny scamps and the even cannier old man who befriends them.
About the author (from the dust jacket)
HILARY MILTON is the author of nine previous books, as well as short stories and numerous articles for various publications He lives in Birmingham, Alabama with his family.
