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Greenwald, Tommy

Hooked

32 pp. | Roaring Brook | January, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59643-996-2 $16.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by David McPhail. Joe loves fishing, but it bores his father. However, Joe's father reluctantly agrees to chaperone Joe's fishing club on an ice-fishing trip, and in the abundant downtime the two bond. In simple, straightforward prose, Greenwald tells the sweet but never cloying story. McPhail's illustrations, rendered in warm pastel hues, depict the boy's emotional vulnerability and, later, the joy he feels at having his father's time and attention.

Reviewer: Julie Danielson | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2018