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Ana María _nita_astillo — Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look (2008) Contemporary Fiction, 172 pages Second grader, Alvin Ho, is afraid of just about everything. He can’t seem to find his voice in school and is having trouble making friends. His desk buddy Flea is an eye patch-wearing, Aggression for Girls-fighting unique individual who accepts Alvin for who he is. She has even written the book on Alvin, decoding his moods using his silent eye expressions. Unfortunately, Alvin gets teased for his friendship with Flea, making it even harder for him to be one of the boys. Lucky for Alvin, he has a PDK—Personal Disaster Kit, a GungGung (maternal grandfather) who is the best person to play catch with, a dog named Lucy who has perfected the downward dog yoga position, and a dad who is teaching him how to be a gentleman. Look’s writing style encourages laughter and sympathy for Alvin, who thinks the stones in the cemetery have people’s names and phone numbers on them. Pham’s ink illustrations mirror Look’s humor as they are strategically placed around the text, emphasizing Alvin’s seven year-old ideas and social constructions. In the end, the book teaches us that friends are always there for each other. Friends are the people we have the most fun with, even if they wear eye patches, use colanders as superhero helmets, swear like Shakespeare, or have pet fish that watch TV. Most importantly, friends help us get over our fears and love us for who we are. I would definitely booktalk this read to a group of seven to ten year-olds because many can relate to having fears and finding true friends.

Luis Arturo ishb00 — I wanted to like this book, but couldn't. I guess I had higher expectations - these characters were just typical college students who just wanted to party and behave irresponsibly, just give in to their desires, and didn't want to follow any 'rules' - Islamic or otherwise. There were plenty of complaints about the Qu'ran, the Prophet (s), hadiths, hell and heaven, ICNA conferences, imam and mosques and MSAs, Islam's treatment of women, etc. While I was sympathetic towards a good number of their complaints, reading the same angry rants over and over got very repetitive and tiresome - especially since I didn't find any of the characters appealing, or the plot interesting. Now, maybe that's because I don't like punk music. I was expecting much more of a political slant - how about throwing rotten sandwiches at the gleaming car of that corporate executive? How about spitting in the face of that slimy politician, or harassing that military recruiter? Where were the complaints about the unfairness of the global economy? Where was the concern for human rights? And the anger against lies and hypocrisy we are fed on a daily basis by the media? Na, these kids were totally focused very much on themselves, which is why they won't cause any real changes - within Islam or without. Most likely, they'll grow out of their 'punk' state and become responsible citizens (horror of horrors!!). If not, they will just waste away in irrelevance.

João Dias jvdiasc — ...Now that I think of it, this book DOES kinda reminds me of Twilight.

Michael Grote mrgrotey — Everyone should be hit with this clue-hammer.