Boys Don't Knit (in public)

Reviewed by: Jeri Fitzpatrick - GNGMS, Gray, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: January 21, 2016

Review

Well written for the older reluctant reader. Ben is embarrassed by his parent's sense of humor. "the double entendre really (is) the only from of humor he recognizes" Molly his little sister eats a tadpole that started to grow legs to see what it felt like. Mom is a magician..."she never cooks or cleans or does any of the stuff mums are suppose to do; on the other hand she can make Pringles come out of my ears." Ben helps his friends steal some liquor from a corner store, and he is placed on probation. He needs to keep a journal and take a class to improve his social skills. His choices are taking an auto mechanics class from his dad, a pottery class , or a knitting class from his "hot" L. Arts teacher. Ben and his friends took a phone movie of a cute girl with a broken leg in a short skirt trying to pick something up off the ground, so they could keep looking under her skirt. Ben takes the knitting class, comes in second in a national knitting contest. The setting is referenced by Ben's yelling at the first place winner who was disqualified, "I'M KATNISSSSSS!" (Hunger Games).

Overall Book Score: very good