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Mr. Jaks is Jared’s neighbor, Mrs. Jaks’s husband, and Sarah’s grandfather. Mr. Jaks has severe memory problems and needs help completing basic tasks. When Jared’s mom was in jail, Jared stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Jaks. Jared often comes over to help care for Mr. Jaks, illustrating his maturity and sense of responsibility.
Mr. Jaks Quotes in Son of a Trickster
The Son of a Trickster quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Jaks or refer to Mr. Jaks. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 4
Quotes
Jared bumped off a couple of trees as he sped down, laughing his ass off as Kelsey tumbled past him. He was declared the loser, and had to spin a plastic cocoon around Blake, who kangaroo-hopped over to Kelsey and jumped up to kick him.
Afterwards, Jared took the bus back to their neighbourhood and helped Mrs. Jaks shovel the snow out of her driveway while Mr. Jaks searched the house for snow tires for the car they’d sold. They had venison pie for supper. She asked him if he could watch Mr. Jaks on Wednesday while she went to a doctor’s appointment. She promised to make his favourite, spaghetti with moose meatballs.
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Mr. Jaks Quotes in Son of a Trickster
The Son of a Trickster quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Jaks or refer to Mr. Jaks. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 4
Quotes
Jared bumped off a couple of trees as he sped down, laughing his ass off as Kelsey tumbled past him. He was declared the loser, and had to spin a plastic cocoon around Blake, who kangaroo-hopped over to Kelsey and jumped up to kick him.
Afterwards, Jared took the bus back to their neighbourhood and helped Mrs. Jaks shovel the snow out of her driveway while Mr. Jaks searched the house for snow tires for the car they’d sold. They had venison pie for supper. She asked him if he could watch Mr. Jaks on Wednesday while she went to a doctor’s appointment. She promised to make his favourite, spaghetti with moose meatballs.
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