If Jack's in Love

Every neighborhood has that house: The one with the broken down cars in the front yard; the one where the father is always out of work and starting fights with other dads;the one no one wants to go near. Twelve-year-old Jack Witcher lives in that house. . And thats just where his problems begin. . It is 1967 and Jacks father has lost his job yet again. The war in Vietnam is perpetually on the news and Jack is in love with a girl named Myra. But Myras family is the opposite of Jacks. Her father is well dressed and well spoken. Her brother is the towns golden boy. Jack schemes to win Myras love with the only person in town who will deign to be his friend the town jeweler and sole Jew. But when Myras brother goes missing Jacks pot-smoking older brother becomes suspect number one...