Every child will relate to something different. The children for whom I bought this book didn't relate. It was too boring and they lost interest in hearing it read. I loved all the ideas, but would recommend reading it at a library to your child first to see if they respond to the style of writing. I would highly recommend "The Unwedding" as an alternative. Written in a child's humor with a child's perspective, my children ask to read it again and again.

I love Most of Linda Girard's books, but this is the worst children's book I ever touched. It deserves a TURKEY instead of a star. It makes fun of children with AIDS. It says in this book that Alex got AIDS from a transfusion. It is no longer possible to get AIDS from blood transfusions because all donated blood is tested for HIV and AIDS. Don't waste your money on this piece of junk. Insteas buy the CD "For Our Children."

I really enjoyed the way the author handled this issue with regards to the boy Alex, a fourth grader with AIDS. The only part of the book I found disturbing was that of how the teacher reacted to the poem that was written about her. I did not think it was right that she would not enter it into the contest because she did not like it.

This is the owrst book that I have ever read. It is about a bouring place in maine and nothing exciting happens in the book, But the main character raises clams (oh the excitment!) and his dad deals coke (that isnt reviled untill the end of the book so now there is no point for you to read it) this book is bland and lacking of a good plot. SO DONT READ IT IT SUCKS!