A review by tjwallace04
Pay Attention, Carter Jones by Gary D. Schmidt

4.0

So this book actually made me want to watch a cricket match, "the most lovely and sportsmanly game that mankind has yet conceived - or ever will conceive." This book was sweet without being soppy and heartwarming without being trite. I read it because my 5th grade son had to read it, and I can tell he is enjoying it too, even though he originally professed that he was sure it would be "boring." Carter is a likable hero, and the Butler is a wonderfully eccentric modern-day Mary Poppins. And the barfing dog who would only poop in one neighbor's yard was obviously the creme de la creme for my scatology-loving tween.