As an only child, reading the experience of having a huge family right out of the Cheaper by the Dozen movie is almost surreal and appealing. The story, the characters, the action, and how they are both described and created makes you figuratively fall in love with this family. This novel is the first of many books to read by Morgan Matson because I’ve found this book exceptional. Meanwhile, she’s also trying to manage romantically reuniting with her long time high school crush Jesse and deciding on what college to attend in the next few months. However, at each and every turn there seems to be a disaster in the way of her plan. In this story, she’s trying to keep Linnie’s wedding to Rodney from falling apart as constant disasters await them.īeing the youngest, Charlie has watched her own siblings grow up and move out of home and desperately wants to make this weekend the best since this is the first time in years that everyone will be under the same roof, including her favourite brother Danny. The youngest, brightest and protagonist in this novel is Charlie who is constantly helping her parents and siblings in any way. Welcome to the family behind ‘Grant Central Station’Ī big family made up of the parents, Jeffrey and Eleanor with the latter being the author and artist behind a popular comic strip based on their lives including that of their many children (in descending order): Danny, Linnie, JJ, Mike and lastly Charlie.
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