Jack believes that his colourful threadbare shorts bring him luck – on the soccer field, in school, on the tennis court and with girls. He has had them for three years and they are falling to bits – holes, rips and tears. So him Mum gives them to charity. Jack is devastated and enlists his two mates to help him sort through mountains of bags of clothes at the local St. Vinnies to look for them. He also looks to a local psychic to help him.p.81 – 83 Jack’s Mum works late at the hospital and hears a strange voice.