The Goldfish Boy

Reviewed by: Jeri Fitzpatrick - GNGMS, Gray, Choose Library District

Review Date: May 20, 2017

Review

This is Lisa Thompson's debut novel. I hovered between excellent and very good for overall book rating. Most of the book was in the very good category. Matthew lived at the end of a cul-de-sac in England. He has OCD and his main worries are germs and the bad number tenpulsethree. He is 12 and his phobias have gotten so bad this last year that he is no longer able to go to school. There is a 15 month boy who disappears from his grandfathers yard and Mat was the last one to see him from his window. Besides cleaning till his hand beed he likes watching the neighbors and writing down the times and their actives. Mat get some of the neighborhood kids to help trace down Teddy's possible kidnappers within the neighborhood. The reason for the excellence on the story was the ending made me cry when Mat tells his Dr.Rhodes then his parents why he is obsessed with germs. Grade level would be 6 and up for reading. Yes, Teddy gets found. Good book for mystery lovers and maudlin readers.

Overall Book Score: excellent