Monkeybaa Theatre Adapts I AM JACK

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Susanne Gervay's

I am Jack

"I Am Jack", a popular novel for younger readers, tackles the issue of bullying.
Jack is smart and funny and eleven years old. Jack is also being bullied and needs help. Unfortunately, Jack's mother is too wrapped up in herself to see this and Jack's teacher, Mr. Angelou, is too busy to pay attention to the warning signs. But little does Jack know that help is close at hand. This excellent book about bullying, told in the first person, focuses on the often overlooked insidious taunting and teasing that bullies are so adept at inflicting on their victims. It also recognizes the importance of family support and schools in the need to respond to this problem in a proactive way. While acknowledging that children have different experiences in school, the lessons implied in I am Jack may encourage our youth to be empathic towards victims of bullying.

An important story told with pathos and humor, Monkey Baa are proud to be adapting this wonderful novel for the stage which the company hopes to tour in 2008.

Order "I am Jack" by Susanne Gervay at Gleebooks Children's Bookshop online.

I AM JACK will open at the Seymour Centre Sydney in July 2008, followed by a region tour of Australia.