All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook

Reviewed by: Mary Lehmer - Freeport Community Library, Freeport, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: May 10, 2016

Review

Perry is in prison- not because he committed a crime but because his mom did. He lives there as a foster child while his mom serves her time. He is happy there and so is his mom. But when a new district attorney comes to town, he doesn't like the set up at all and is going to do everything he can to change it and make Perry's life better, even if Perry disagrees. This is a really different story. The life Perry leads in the prison and the friends he makes in the prison are wonderful. Sometimes I did feel that, even though I loved the idea of the story, the prisoners and the way they were all so friendly and got along and liked Perry, seemed pretty unreal. Plus, Perry was just so understanding of the annoying district attorney that it got kind of frustrating. Still, the story is interesting and thought provoking- what if children could live with their parents in minimum security prisons?

Overall Book Score: very good