The Most Important Thing: Stories about Sons, Fathers, Grandfathers

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

Review Date: September 8, 2016

Review

Tighty-Whities or Boxers? There are seven short stories for boys, but girls can also identify with the stories. Tighty- whites or Boxers is one of the stories. A young boy designs an interview process for the man who wants to marry his mom. His new job will include being his dad so he's not taking chances. He insists on reference letters from adults and children. He has the man meet him for an interview, and yes the first line is one of the questions that needs to be answered. Dream Catcher is the story of a young man is sent to stay with a grandfather that he's never met. Avi's writing style nails the difficulty that young and old may have with this description, " He knew kids like cats know computers ." The stories work well as a read aloud.

Overall Book Score: very good