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Jul 06, 2010Pygoscelis rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Lisa Yee said that she wrote this book to show her daughter that boys aren't really smelly and stupid. In that aspect, she's halfway there. Stanford and his guy friends are still sweaty, smelly, and have fart-fests and the like, but by telling his side of the story (which, even as a girl, I thought was less annoying and more empathetic than Millicent's, whose book tells the same story from her point of view) she very convincingly shows him as just another kid with the same hopes, dreams, and worries as everyone else. Although he's a relatively normal kid, Yee's writing makes him interesting by portraying him with sensitivity and humor, making for a good read (middle school).