A.R. Book Level: 3.6
A.R. Points: 3.0
Pages: 154
This
book is a cute story, best for 3rd or 4th graders (or
ambitious 2nd graders). Hank
is a fourth-grader who accidentally meets Inkling, an invisible bandapat that
feasts on squash. After Hank saves
Inkling from a tiny dog, Inkling vows to help Hank deal with a bully at
school. The book has a lot of great
humor, but only one thing bothers me: there is a part where Hank reacts to the
bully by saying something incredibly cruel, and his guilt over his cruelty
lasts for the rest of the book, but he never apologizes. It's like he solves his bully problem by becoming a bully himself. I know my students have too strong a sense of
right and wrong to accept that as a good ending. But beside that one disappointment, this is
an entertaining book.