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Homesick
by Kate Klise
Benny's mom left in the middle of the night, after one argument too many about Benny's dad's hoarding tendencies. Once she leaves, though, the hoarding really goes off the rails: Benny's dad won't throw away pizza boxes, much less anything else. He's convinced it'll all be valuable someday, when paper is obsolete and we buy and get everything via computers. (The book is set in 1981 or so.) Benny wants to clean up the house, but Dad won't let him throw anything away. The best Benny can do is shove a towel under his bedroom door to block out the smell from the rest of the house and hope that his dad eventually gets better.
A solid story, if one unconcerned with the role of the hoarder on a child's life. I'd have liked to have seen more of the psychology there, but the book is aimed at 5th graders, so of course we're going to get more of the "It Takes a Village" element.
A solid story, if one unconcerned with the role of the hoarder on a child's life. I'd have liked to have seen more of the psychology there, but the book is aimed at 5th graders, so of course we're going to get more of the "It Takes a Village" element.