The Rabbit Ate...

I was given copies of these books in return for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

Eleven-year-old Drew Montgomery has not, does not, and will not ever want a stupid old rabbit. All they do is sit in their cages, eat carrots, and poop. Then his annoying little sister blackmails him into hiding a bunny in his closet. She knows what really happened to his "stolen" bike and she's threatening to tell. Now Drew's in a real jam. If his "No pets!" parents find the rabbit or, worse, his sister blabs the truth, he'll be grounded till Grade Seven for sure.

And if that's not enough trouble, two girls at school drag him into a prank war that goes from bad to worse--and it's all the rabbit's fault. Plus, the weirdest girl in his class wants to be his science partner. If she tells him she wants to be his girlfriend, he just knows he's gonna die.

Drew must find a way to outwit the mean girls, wiggle out of the blackmail deal, and get rid of the rabbit before it destroys his bedroom and his life.

My rating: four of five stars

This book was simply adorable. Coming from they boy's point of view is a new one for me. I usually read books that are written from a female point of view. Being that this is an 11 year old boy, it was even more fun to "get in his head." Not completely sure how realistic it is, but it was fun.

Things I really enjoyed about this book is the fact that it has some humor. Drew's little sister basically blackmails him into keeping this rabbit she finds. I also really appreciated the honesty of the character. You see how he feels and how he reacts. It was really good to see that Drew did get some punishment for his naughtiness. I also really loved how into the rabbit Drew's sister was. She even got books from the library on how to care for it. The way they cared for the rabbit was humorous to me. I can't imagine how the parents didn't know that something was going on. I would think the smell alone would clue them in that something was up.

Not sure there was anything I didn't like about this book.

You can’t bring a rabbit camping. That’s what eleven-year-old Drew Montgomery’s grandparents say when his annoying little sister wants to bring their pet rabbit, Tiny, along on the trip. And Drew agrees. It's bad enough that he will miss the release of the coolest video game of the year while he's stuck in a cramped travel trailer for a week with his grandparents and sister. But Tiny is certain to cause trouble. Plus there are bears and eagles in the woods. And what if Tiny gets lost?

But Libby smuggles the rabbit into the trailer anyway. Now Drew’s got to keep Tiny out of trouble. And that’s not easy to do with Libby always letting him out of the cage and a pair of rabbit-hating bullies ready to let their dog chomp him if he gets too close.

Top it off with never-ending rain, bloodthirsty mosquitos, a broken toilet, stinky outhouses, angry squirrels, terrible food, and an eye-gougingly boring “schedule of activities.” Drew is about ready to take the rabbit and hitchhike home before disaster really strikes.

My rating: four of five stars

This time the rabbit, Tiny, ends up on vacation with the family. I found it really funny the way the grandparents interact with Tiny compared to the kids. This rabbit certainly has personality though. He seems to find himself in all kinds of mischief. Drew learned his lesson in book one and is completely honest with his grandparents. I thought it was very good for the kids to see that he learned from his mistakes and was trying not to make the same ones again.

Overall, both of these books get four stars for me. I thought they were fun books and look forward to reading them to my girls.