![]() Alvin's a charming young man, despite his faults. I was chuckling the whole way through and I love the illustrations done by LeUyen Pham. I loved Lenore Look's Ruby Lu books and I enjoyed this one as well. After a brief dalliance with the class bully, he'll figure out how to make a true friend. Through it all, he strives to be a gentleman and continues to try and make friends. 111-112)Īlvin Ho has many adventures including getting stuck in a tree, facing a substitute teacher, and getting the chicken pox. ![]() So a psychotherapist is a very smart crazy person that you should stay away from for your own good." (pp. But a psycho, as everyone knows, is a crazy person in the movies that you never want to run into in real life. "A therapist is a smart person who wears glasses and can help you with your problems by asking a lot of questions instead of giving you shots, which is amazing. Alvin's parents even send him to therapy, which might not be particularly effective: Alvin tries to win his classmates over at Show and Tell (but it doesn't work out for him because Alvin is all Show and no Tell). Oh, his brother gives him advice on how to make friends. In fact, Alvin Ho is so afraid of school that he can't even talk at school. ![]() ![]() ![]() (Grades 2-4.)Īlvin Ho is scared of many things. Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look. ![]()
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