1. me & jack
By: Danette Haworth
Genre: Realistic fiction
2. Main Characters
• Joshua Reed- Jacks owner, the person who
moves to to the new house.
• Jack- the family dog that causes them all
trouble.
• Ray- Joshua’s friend that is actually nice to
him.
3. Also
• Allen- Joshua’s friends cousin that does not
like Jack or Joshua.
• Dad- Joshua’s dad who is in the war and
has to leave to train a lot.
• Mark- Works with Joshua’s dad in the
military.
5. Summery of plot
• Joshua gets a dog when they move to a new house
in Pennsylvania because the dad is gone a lot and
thinks he will be lonely. The dad and Mark are
nervous because people are mad at them for
sending their kids to war. Joshua tries to find
friends some friends,Ray, and faces a neighborhood
bully. Things are getting destroyed and people think
it is Joshua’s dog, but Joshua fights for his dog
anyway and proves it is not his dog but something
else.
6. Conflict
• Things are getting destroyed, and eaten
and people are blaming Joshua’s dog.
Joshua’s dad threatens to take Jack away.
Joshua stands up for his dog though, and
proves that it is not his dog.