<P> Jackson ( Jack ) Hurd narrates his experience while his family is fostering Joseph Brook , a fourteen - year - old boy who served a month 's sentence in the fictional Stone Mountain juvenile detention center . Joseph is a teenage father who signed his parental rights away to allow his daughter Jupiter to be placed for adoption . Shortly after signing away his rights , he took unmarked yellow pills and assaulted a teacher , for which he was sent to Stone Mountain . The novel begins with Mrs. Stroud , the social worker assigned to Joseph 's case , telling the Hurd family specific rules for dealing with Joseph . </P>
<P> Jackson ( Jack ) Hurd narrates his experience while his family is fostering Joseph Brook , a fourteen - year - old boy who served a month 's sentence in the fictional Stone Mountain juvenile detention center . Joseph is a teenage father who signed his parental rights away to allow his daughter Jupiter to be placed for adoption . Shortly after signing away his rights , he took unmarked yellow pills and assaulted a teacher , for which he was sent to Stone Mountain . The novel begins with Mrs. Stroud , the social worker assigned to Joseph 's case , telling the Hurd family specific rules for dealing with Joseph . </P>
who is the main character in orbiting jupiter
who is the main character in orbiting jupiter
Jackson ( Jack ) Hurd
Jackson ( Jack ) Hurd