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    The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher

    Written by Dana Alison Levy

    Narrated by Dan Woren

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    About this audiobook

    The start of the school year is not going as the Fletcher brothers hoped. Each boy finds his plans for success veering off in unexpected and sometimes disastrous directions. And at home, their miserable new neighbor complains about everything. As the year continues, the boys learn the hard and often hilarious lesson that sometimes what you least expect is what you come to care about the most.

    A Junior Library Guild Selection

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJul 22, 2014
    ISBN9780804168656
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    • 5/5
      This is a terrific book. I was torn, because I wanted to read it very fast so I could gulp everything down, but at the same time I also wanted to read slowly and savor it. This is a book I will definitely read again and again. Can't wait for the sequel!
    • 5/5
      I loved reading The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Dana Alison Levy. On one level this book describes the day to day lives of a loving, if somewhat out of the norm, family. The two fathers and four adopted sons all provide an interesting combination of personalities, strengths, and weaknesses. What struck me most about this book was the underlying story of our preconceived notions about people. We know that Sam is a sports guy, yet some are surprised by his interest, and talent, in the school play. The "brain", Eli, gets to go to a school for brainy kids, yet he is ultimately unhappy there. Since Frog, the baby of the group, has invented characters in his life, the family assumes that his new school friend is just another figment of his imagination (which she is not). Then there is the new next door neighbor, Mr. Nelson, who seems to have not one nice word to say to anyone. When it is discovered late in the book that he has been caring for his dying mother, both the characters in the story and the readers look at him in a different light. This is a wonderful book that weaves a lovely story and, at the same time, forces the reader to challenge our assumptions about the characters in the book and, hopefully, other people in our lives.
    • 4/5
      Fun, funny school story with a family full of boys -- 2 dads, 4 adopted kids, a dog and a cat, all male. Nice mix of diversity in the family, clear respect and interest in cultural holidays for all the kids and in making their own family traditions that work for them. It's basically a gentle, wacky school story like the Penderwicks or the Quimbys, and the normalcy of day to day life is the attraction. There are challenges and mistakes and great times together.
    • 3/5
      The four Fletcher brothers each expect the upcoming school year to be the best ever. Twelve-year-old Sam believes that he will be the youngest player in history to make the Shipton Under-15 Elite Soccer team, while ten-year-old Jax is excited to have finally made it to the fourth grade, in the Upper Elementary school. Eli, also ten, is ecstatic at the opportunity to attend Pinnacle, a private school focused exclusively on academics, while Frog (real name Jeremiah) is heading to kindergarten for the first time. As the brothers and their two fathers, Dad and Papa, go through their year, they confront numerous challenges - a grumpy neighbor whom they just can't seem to befriend, conflicts with erstwhile friends, the discovery that sometimes what we want isn't everything we hoped it would be - but also experience the joys of a loving and close family and home.Having seen it compared to Beverly Cleary's Ramona books, as well as Jeanne Birdsall's more recent stories about the Penderwick sisters, I was eager to pick up The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher, and for the most part I was not disappointed. Dana Alison Levy does a good job creating a cast of characters, each of which feels like an individual. I appreciated the fact that the various issues of identity here - the same-sex parents; the four adopted brothers: one African-American, two Euro-American, one Indian-American - are taken for granted in the narrative, rather than being the focus of the story. This is just a gentle family tale, one which happens to feature a group of boys being parented by two men, but which experiences all of the joys and struggles of any other family. I don't know that I found the writing quite as accomplished as either Cleary or Birdsall's - it was sweet, but not especially memorable - but I enjoyed it enough to track down this year's sequel, The Family Fletcher Takes Rock Island. Recommended to children who enjoy fun family stories, or to anyone looking for stories about families with same-sex parents.
    • 4/5
      Narrated by Dan Woren. A heartwarming and gentle family story featuring two dads and their four adopted sons ranging from age 6 to 12 over the course of a school year. Each boy has their own chapters where their triumphs and tribulations are featured; I like particularly how the challenges they face are portrayed on a kid-friendly and empathetic level that reveals their personalities. There is Eli who realizes regretably that moving to a private school was a big mistake but is unable to to express his disappointment and shuts down from his family trying to deal with it. Sam is a jock who has a talent for drama but is torn between the appeal of doing the school play and the approval of his friends. Jax sees his best friendship changing in a way he doesn't like, plus he's struggling to complete a school project. There are two dads but GLBT issues don't come up at all...this is a family like any other coping with the day to day.
    • 3/5
      With its concentration on all four brothers, it made it a little hard to get into until about halfway through when it hit its stride.
    • 4/5
      Relates the adventures of a family with two fathers, four adopted boys, and a variety of pets as they make their way through a school year, Kindergarten through sixth grade, and deal with a grumpy new neighbor.
    • 4/5
      The relationship of the two dads never enters into the stream of this story. From the perspective of their sons, they are just parents. And that works, because parents are never readily identified as sexual beings to their children. This family seems so typical, with identity issues, misunderstandings, lots of difficulties and lots of fun. The story lines of each child draw valuable life lessons about pushing past your comfort level.
    • 4/5
      There's so much to like about this book! It's a sweet family story, along the lines of The Melendy Quartet, or even Ramona, although contemporary references to phones, etc., give it a slightly less timeless quality. Those who are looking for diverse families and characters will be delighted with the Fletchers and their town. I whole-heartedly agree that we need diverse books, and this is a welcome addition. However, every. single. character bends or breaks some stereotype. To this adult reader, it gets to be a bit much. There is an innocence to the characters, very few plot twists, and episodic chapters, so I think this will be enjoyed as a read-aloud to younger children (perhaps the 5-8 crowd?), or as a whole-family read-aloud.
    • 5/5
      The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Dana Alison Levy is so much fun!Four brothers make up the Fletcher boys: Sam, who is 12; Eli, who is 10; Jax, who is 10; and Frog, who is 6. They are all adopted and of different races or nationalities. Sam loves soccer and hopes to make an elite soccer team this school year. He also likes telling scary stories to his family. Eli is really, really smart and has convinced his family to let him attend a private school for smart people. Jax is starting Upper Elementary and worries about being cool and fitting in, hoping Sam will help. He's also excited about doing the Veteran's interview project. Frog loves kindergarten, especially because the teacher has a place for his imaginary cheetah. Everyone has high hopes for this school year, but things don't progress as expected.A new neighbor has moved in next door and he is grouchy. He yells at the family and calls the police on them because they are disturbing him with noise or with objects left in his yard from the boys playing outside. Jax needs to interview him because he's a veteran, but Mr. Nelson isn't responding to any of Jax's diplomatic efforts to soften him. I found this book delightful. It's funny and happy. Dad and Papa are raising the boys; they are so amusing and have such patience and creativity with all four boys. The notes that are left for the boys are so amusing. I highly recommend this novel.
    • 4/5
      A sweet story. Filled with funny bits about boys being boys. Loved the subplot about Frog's imaginary friend, Ladybug. Will definitely recommend it to my young friends, and older friends who love the Penderwicks, Swallows and Amazons, Betsy-Tacy, Michael Biel.
    • 4/5
      A funny family romp that just happens to have two men as the dads. It's a great modern story for kids and grownups.