But!

Reviewed by: Kara Reiman - Walker Memorial Library, Westbrook, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: January 12, 2015

Review

Eddie and his dog, Phil, are off for a day of fishing when they find out they actually have to do all of Aunt Sue's chores instead. The list is incredibly long and includes dishes and laundry, and throwing a pirate a birthday party. Somehow they get it all done (including the dog baking the cake) but have gift wrapped a pair of socks as the pirate's gift; which would be fine if the pirate didn't have one wooden leg. But all is not lost because Eddie tells him it is a matching hat and sock set. And thus the community of Halibut Bay is full of people with matching hat and sock sets…and one cold foot. The author seems to be trying to be weirdly humorous, but this story is just weird. He uses "BUT" at the end of most pages as a device to carry on the story, but it doesn't work. Generally there’s a big reveal or a plot twist after the big "but" but this story just carries on.

Overall Book Score: fair