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Gordon Jack has been a high school librarian for thirty years. In that time, he did his best to keep kids reading, including writing two young adult novels, The Boomerang Effect and Your Own Worst Enemy. Now that he’s about to retire, he figured he should write for people closer to his own age, which is why he’s suddenly interested in the lives of octogenarian crime fighters.

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Gordon Jack Hi Ariel - I think this is a really interesting question. As a high school librarian, I read a lot of young adult fiction and most authors take these …moreHi Ariel - I think this is a really interesting question. As a high school librarian, I read a lot of young adult fiction and most authors take these issues very seriously. We're seeing a lot of stories like this now, I think, because of the times we're living in. I also think publishers are responding to what's selling. After John Green's The Fault in Our Stars became such a critical and commercial success, it seemed the marketplace was flooded with terminal illness stories. Now I'm reading a lot of stories dealing with a variety of mental health issues. Some books are better at depicting the realities of this than others. Neal Shusterman's Challenger Deep, for example, is an amazing YA novel that doesn't romanticize the topic at all. When authors use mental illness as a plot device to create romantic tragedy, however, I feel they can oversimplify serious, complicated conditions and not help readers develop a clearer understanding of how they impact people's lives.(less)
Gordon Jack Yes! I just finished the sequel. We're hoping to release this time next year. Thanks again for reading Poppy and writing such a nice review!…moreYes! I just finished the sequel. We're hoping to release this time next year. Thanks again for reading Poppy and writing such a nice review!(less)
Average rating: 3.74 · 1,333 ratings · 338 reviews · 3 distinct worksSimilar authors
Your Own Worst Enemy

3.56 avg rating — 562 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions
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Poppy Montgomery Gets Even

3.98 avg rating — 415 ratings — published 2026 — 6 editions
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The Boomerang Effect

3.75 avg rating — 356 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions
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“The envelope was embossed with the logo of my father’s law firm—Barry, Yu & Singh, an appropriate name for a ruthless pack of attorneys. Walter Yu was actually senior partner, but he settled for second billing so that the firm’s name would evoke fear in opposing counsel.”
Gordon Jack, The Boomerang Effect

“I thought I was taking a boring piece of paper and making it look cool, when in fact, I was taking something cool and making it flat and generic. It was the complicated and imperfect folds that made people interesting. The last thing we should be doing is trying to iron them out.”
Gordon Jack, The Boomerang Effect

“Just last month, he was the social pariah after he told his father we used a thousand-dollar bottle of wine to make sangria popsicles.”
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