Have you ever put gum under a desk before? Jack Rankin, the main character in Andrew Clements, The Janitors Boy, sure has, which gets him into a lot of trouble. This is where the story bursts to life when Jack gets mad at his dad for being a janitor and decides to get back at him by filling a desk with gum. Little does he know that by getting caught and having to work off his debt might be what’s best for his relationship with his dad.Jack hates the fact that his dad is a janitor and is completely embarrassed by it. People are always telling him how much he looks like his dad and has the same personality and this makes Jack even madder. Then having to work for his dad for three weeks after school makes matters worse but, through out the story, he learns how great of a guy his dad is and how he tries his best to help people.
The thing I loved about this book is you can see how the character grows the whole time. You can see that Jack is frustrated with his dad and isn’t hidden. At the beginning Jack thinks mean things towards his dad, but by the end he wants to know more about his dad and spend more time with him. Andrew Clements did a great job of describing this situation and I think boys 10-12 would really enjoy this book and would fly thorough it.
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