The Janitor's Boy
 

The Janitor's Boy

by Andrew Clements

Fifth-grader Jack Rankin's father is the janitor of the junior-high school. That wouldn't be so bad if nobody knew about it. But on October 5, disaster strikes when Lenny Trumbull throws up his cafeteria ravioli: Jack's dad appears on the scene with a mop and says, "Hi, son." Jack loves his father and is proud of him, but he knows a giant letter L for loser has just been branded on his... (read more)

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This was a very entertaining and light-hearted book. It would be easy and interesting for an eight to twelve year old to read. The plot was simplistic and the characters were likable for children. The first major aspect that stood out for me was the fact that Jack was ashamed of his father being a janitor at his own school. I can understand his feeling that way because of the cruelty that the other children give him. In particular in this story, it was Kirk and Luke that called him and his...

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