thebrookelist 's review for:

Pay Attention, Carter Jones by Gary D. Schmidt
4.0

Very endearing story about a boy and his family bequeathed a butler. Little bit of a modern-day Mary Poppins feel. A few difficult themes: cricket (ugh), abandonment, death, loss, grief. Good themes about manner, remembering one’s worth and integrity, loving siblings and doing the right thing. I could take/leave the cricket stuff, but seemed true to the butler’s character.