by: Jack Gantos
Genre: Autobiography
This story is about Jack Gantos who was born in Florida and he wants to go to college but does not have the money for college. There was no way he was going to get a scholarship for school because his grades were poor in high school. He has always wanted to be a writer and that is also what he wanted to go to college for. He needs to find a way to get the money, so he takes a boat with the captain "Hamilton". They are delivering hash from Florida to New York and Jack will get 10,000 in cash if he helps to transport the hash. This is the only way Jack will make enough money for college to become a writer. They then get to New York and they are making deliveries of hash all around and are making a lot of money until someone sees something suspicious. The cops have found out what they were up to and got thrown in jail for it. Jack spent many days in jail which made him focus on writing a lot more. He then gets out of jail and starts his life clean and to live his life as writer that he is now.