the paperboy
by dav pilkey
published by scholastic
copyright 1996
28 pages
chilren's book
the paperboy tells the story of a small boy who has to get up early in the morning before the sun and before anyone else in his family is awake. he has to fold up the newspapers and put rubberbands around them. then he loads them up on his bike and sets off to deliver them. he knows the route by heart and as time passes the world starts to wake up. when he returns home, his parents are awake and his sister is watching cartoons but he goes back up to his room and goes back to sleep. i love the illistrations in this book. it starts off all dark and as you turn the pages it slowly gets lighter as the sun comes up. i wouldnt really recomend this book just because it didnt really make me think or surprise me in any way but i wouldnt discourage anyone from reading it. i dont see any problems with it.