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Abstract: Afraid he will always be an outsider like ex-planet Pluto, nine-year-old Oliver finally shows his extremely overprotective parents that he is capable of doing great things without their help while his class is studying the solar system.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 104 pages
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 104 pages
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A great read for younger readers. Oliver has great ideas, but is a bit smothered by his parents attentions to his homework and other aspects of his life. He finds ways around them and wins through in the end.
This book was a delightful read but not Newbery material. It was a refreshing change of pace to have a protagonist whose parents were overprotective rather than abusive. The subplot of children rallying to the defense of Pluto after it was kicked out of the planet club was fun, too.
I expected more shock and embarrassment from Oliver when his work was exposed, and also from his parents who had their smothering outed to the whole school. A fun book, but not terribly believable.
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