Captain Nobody

"I'm not supposed to be anybody. I am Captain Nobody!"

This fun and highly entertaining book is part of our Core C read alouds with Sonlight.

Where do I even begin with this excellent book?

The story follows Newt Newman, a ten year old "nobody" who is helping his family live life. His older brother is the star quarterback of a local high school team and they're preparing for a big game between their team and a local rival. The family is in a tizzy while Newt calmly gets everything ready before heading to school himself. With the big game and Halloween in the same weekend there is much to be done.

Then tragedy strikes.

Will this young nobody have the courage to do what needs to be done and keep life going?

This story had our whole family laughing, crying and talking about important life issues. Captivating from the first page none of us wanted to put it down. There are deep and difficult topics but so worth digging into and this book gives a safe way to step into some tough subjects.

I love that it's an easy read yet covers deep topics from a kids perspective. I love that it shows how intelligent and creative kids really are when they are given space to be and also when the need arises. It's amazing seeing the depths of this ten year old boy as I have one right now and seeing what all he is capable of doing.

This is an excellent book to discuss bravery, family, loving your neighbor as yourself, kindness, selflessness and being ok not getting recognition.

The book is extremely well written and easy to understand. The author is extremely clever and does an amazing job bringing the story full circle.

If you don't want to discuss hard life issues with your kids then don't read this to them or read it first to see if you're ok with them reading it.

I rarely do this but this book gets 5 stars! It was such a great read and in my opinion great for the family.

Reading Challenges:
It may be a stretch but I'm using it for Tim Challies 2019 reading challenge as a book about sports or an athlete in the committed section of the challenge.