Book Descriptions
for Jolted by Arthur Slade
From The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY)
Newton Starker is a student at a Saskatchewan boarding school dedicated to survival skills. As part of the broader experience at school, he learns that getting along with others is as much a part of surviving as avoiding the light ning that seeks out his family members. Canadian author Arthur Slade uses an unusual and humorous premise to deliver a strong message. 2010 USBBY Outstanding International Books List, 2008 Saskatoon Book of the Year Saskatch ewan Book Award, 2008 Fiction Book of the Year Saskatchewan Book Award, 2008 Children’s Book of the Year Saskatchewan Book Award. nlh
Bridges to Understanding: Envisioning the World through Children's Books. © USBBY, 2011. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
Newton Goddard Starker lives with a mysterious curse: his family attracts lightning.
Nearly all of the Starker family have died from lightning strikes, including Newton's beloved mother. Fourteen-year-old Newton, the last in the Starker line, is determined not to be next, and he may have found a way to beat the odds. He has enrolled at Jerry Potts Academy for Survival, a boarding school in Moose Jaw, Canada, whose motto is Survival Through Fierce Intelligence. Newton's ready to learn, and to be remembered in the school's Hall of Heroes.
What Newton hasn't counted on is the other students. For a boy who's spent most of his life in a protective dome, making friends is sometimes as challenging as surviving. Especially when he's vying for top marks with the dynamo Violet Quon.
Throw in a supertalented pig, students in kilts, wacky teachers, and some important questions about fate and the universe, and you've got an irresistible story that's as unique as Jerry Potts Academy.
Nearly all of the Starker family have died from lightning strikes, including Newton's beloved mother. Fourteen-year-old Newton, the last in the Starker line, is determined not to be next, and he may have found a way to beat the odds. He has enrolled at Jerry Potts Academy for Survival, a boarding school in Moose Jaw, Canada, whose motto is Survival Through Fierce Intelligence. Newton's ready to learn, and to be remembered in the school's Hall of Heroes.
What Newton hasn't counted on is the other students. For a boy who's spent most of his life in a protective dome, making friends is sometimes as challenging as surviving. Especially when he's vying for top marks with the dynamo Violet Quon.
Throw in a supertalented pig, students in kilts, wacky teachers, and some important questions about fate and the universe, and you've got an irresistible story that's as unique as Jerry Potts Academy.
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.
