I really wondered what I had read when I finished reading this book. Yes, this is a book about John and he really believes he has the talent to detect when other people are lying. He is dead-set on getting into the Guinness Book of World Records because he wants to be famous and this theme runs throughout the whole book. He lives with his da, his mother and other relatives as he tries to live his normal 12- year old life but as I am reading this book, I am wondering, what is normal? Does John fit the bill? What about his parents and his relatives? The relationship that John has with his parents does not seem normal to me nor do the other relationships I encounter in this book. Upon further reflection, I wonder what exactly I had read when I finally closed the last page of this book. I don’t want to give this story away since obviously, I walked away confused by all the words I had read and I was no more enlighten then when I had started just really baffled. Being a Prize Finalist book, I am deeply confused at just what others saw that I missed. I really enjoyed the cover and the writing style was blunt and straight to the point but that was just about it. Sorry, but that is how I feel.
