hole in my life, pgs 110-140

This section of the book has been my favorite so far and it has been about how he got caught! Rik, Hamilton, and Jack now had to sell all of the hash to people before Jack could make his share of the money and leave. They stayed at the Chelsea hotel when things started to fall apart. Rik informed the guys that the last sale was ready to be made. Hamilton left to work out the deal while Jack stayed at the hotel when suddenly Jack started to hear screaming and fighting going on lobby. It was the FBI and they were attempting to arrest Hamilton. Scared out of his mind, Jack when pack up to his room and packed his stuff to leave. He was able to get himself to the subway system and eventually the Amtrak station without being discovered. Jack then took the train to Florida where he went to stay at his old motel where he lived for a year during high school. Eventually he called his dad and found out that the FBI is all over his family trying to find out where Jack had gone to. Jack's father set him up with a lawyer in New York and after talking to the lawyer Jack decided that it would be best to turn himself in so he headed back to New York. At first it looked like they would have little evidence against Jack but after meeting with the prosecutor they found out they were wrong. While Hamilton and Jack were sailing to New York with the hash, Rik was arrested and Rik confessed about his operation that he was doing. Rik then decided to help the FBI by continuing the operation so they could arrest all the people who bought from them and also arrest Jack and Hamilton. Rik turned out to be the snitch the whole time. The FBI had photo of them on the boat and unloading the hash. The next few weeks Jack passed his time in the Chelsea hotel waiting for his sentence day to come to find out what the punishment would be.

Considering that Jack had made a plea agreement with the prosecutor they are hoping that Jack will only get probation. I do not think that he will get that lucky and he will have to spend just a little time in prison. It is really amazing to see the kind of life that Jack Gantos had before he became a well a know writer. It is a great book so far.