num_pages: 208
description: Award-winning author Kristin ODonnell Tubb delivers a funny and poignant middle grade contemporary novel about a boy known as the Roadkill Kid who is dealing with his parents divorce while he searches for a mysterious cougar in the Tennessee hills.Middle school is always hard but when youre known as the Roadkill Kid well its even harder. Jacks mom collects roadkillits her job and shes very good at it. Ever since Jacks mom and dad got divorced Jack has become Moms assistant. He feels like its his responsibility to keep her spirits up and step into the role of co-scientist. Except Jack just wants to play video games with his friend Andr and finally talk to Zoe his conservationist classmate with bright green eyes.
language: English
title: The Decomposition of Jack
publisher: Katherine Tegen Books