The giant survives the fall from the beanstalk but loses his memory upon impact.
Who is he, and where did he come from? And what on earth is he going to do now?...
When Jack chops down the beanstalk, instead of letting go, the giant clings to the beanstalk, looking for a soft place to land…a haystack perhaps, or a pile of old mattresses. When neither can be found, he settles for the deep end of a residential swimming pool.KERSPLASH!It’s a belly flop to beat all belly flops, launching a series of mini tsunamis, and the giant smacks the surface of the water so hard that he forgets who he is. He has no memory of Jack and his thieving ways. And the splashdown just happens to coincide with ten-year-old Sam, who lives in the house with the swimming pool and is running away from his evil uncle.What’s the boy’s plan? To escape that very night and join the circus as it leaves town. But when the boy steps outside into the night air, he witnesses the above-mentioned belly flop. He also sees the largest person he’s ever laid eyes on—the kind of person who might find gainful employment in a circus sideshow.Sam and the giant team up. They join the circus, the boy passing himself off as the tall man’s agent. And all is well…until one day Jack shows up in the sideshow audience.Does the giant’s memory return in all its fe-fi-fo-fumming glory?...
Genre: Children's Fiction
Who is he, and where did he come from? And what on earth is he going to do now?...
When Jack chops down the beanstalk, instead of letting go, the giant clings to the beanstalk, looking for a soft place to land…a haystack perhaps, or a pile of old mattresses. When neither can be found, he settles for the deep end of a residential swimming pool.KERSPLASH!It’s a belly flop to beat all belly flops, launching a series of mini tsunamis, and the giant smacks the surface of the water so hard that he forgets who he is. He has no memory of Jack and his thieving ways. And the splashdown just happens to coincide with ten-year-old Sam, who lives in the house with the swimming pool and is running away from his evil uncle.What’s the boy’s plan? To escape that very night and join the circus as it leaves town. But when the boy steps outside into the night air, he witnesses the above-mentioned belly flop. He also sees the largest person he’s ever laid eyes on—the kind of person who might find gainful employment in a circus sideshow.Sam and the giant team up. They join the circus, the boy passing himself off as the tall man’s agent. And all is well…until one day Jack shows up in the sideshow audience.Does the giant’s memory return in all its fe-fi-fo-fumming glory?...
Genre: Children's Fiction
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