Troublemaker by Andrew Clements

                                Book Review of Troublemaker
by Andrew Clements
Amazon Synopsis:Clayton Hensley is accustomed to trouble: There’s a folder of incident reports in Principal Kelling’s office that’s as thick as a phonebook and growing daily. Most recently, Clay’s art teacher told the class to spend the period drawing anything they wanted, and Clay decided to be extra “creative” by drawing a spot-on portrait of Principal Kelling…as a donkey.
It’s a pretty funny joke, but Clay is coming to realize that the biggest joke of all may be on him. When his big brother, Mitchell, gets in some serious trouble, Clay decides to change his own mischief-making ways…but he can’t seem to shake his reputation as a troublemaker.
From the master of the school story comes a book about the fine line between good-humored mischief and dangerous behavior—and how everyday choices can close or open doors.


My Review: This is a pretty good quick read (it wasn't very long and took me about 45 minutes to finish). I especially like the illustrations. But this is a change in style from what I am used to. Andrew Clements reminds me of Beverly Clearly in most ways. So if you like the Ramona books, you'll enjoy this one. But what I usually read is with girls in 6th or 7th facing middle school or whatever, so this book made think in perspective. Andrew does do an excellent job describing how Clayton feels when he can't do anything bad. One good thing is, he shows the bond between older and younger siblings. Even though Clayton doesn't want to be a goody-goody, he does it because Mitch says so, without question. I really liked this because, obviously, the older ones want to help their siblings, but sometimes the younger ones just don't understand. Overall, I give this book a 4 star rating. 
     Well, thank you for reading the review. I hope you like the book if you buy it or check it out at the library. A picture of the cover from Amazon is above. You can always make book recommendations for me to review in the comments. Enjoy!
                                                                                     -Not a Prima Donna Girl

No comments:

Post a Comment

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...