by Christian Burch
Hennepin County Library audiobook 5 discs
read by Daryl Anderson
genre: YA / kid fiction, humor
Too bad main character Keats Dalinger is only a third grader. This is a delightful book about two professional parents who hire a nanny to watch their four children (at the start of the story, Lulu is in 7th grade, India in 4th, Keats 3rd, and Belly - Mirabelle - is three years old). After they go through the "nanny of the month" - Uncle Max's comment - they find "the Manny." He's a man nanny and he is different from anyone they have ever met.
Delightful story. I really enjoyed it. Cried during chapter 24 . . . very well-done. A little put off by the child-like view Keats has of the world. Odd that his sister India, only a year older, is so much more savvy. How did he not know until the very end of the story that Uncle Max and the Manny were a couple?
Craig as a bully and Keats showing compassion - nice.
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