Dodger and Me

Dodger and Me was an exceptional book with an unrealistic plot!?!? The main character is a boy named Willie Ryan. He finds a blue Chimpanzee in a McDonald’s bag disguised as garbage in the woods so that he would pick it up. Out of the bag, came a blue genie like Chimpanzee named Dodger. He appears......more

I loved this book. Basic plot: loser kid (Willie) is bad at baseball, has an overprotective mother, tries to avoid an annoying girl (Lizzie), and is lonely after his best friend moves away. Enter a possibly imaginary blue chimp named Dodger wearing surfer shorts and an eye patch, who may or may not......more

Reviewed by Theresa L. Stowell for TeensReadToo.com DODGER AND ME is the first book in a new series by Jordan Sonnenblick . In this book we meet Willie Ryan, self-proclaimed wimp. The fact that Willie is definitely a wimp is immediately evident when he becomes the reason his baseball team loses the fi......more

Sonnenblick, Jordan. 2008. Dodger and Me. Dodger and Me is a gem of a book and the beginning of a new series by Jordan Sonnenblick. The book stars Willie Ryan and his mostly-always best friend, Dodger. Here's how the flap reads, "What would you do if your best friend was: 1) imaginary, 2) an oversize......more

The story was quite entertaining and for the age bracket it is geared to, it is sure to keep their attention so I have to give it 5 stars. The story itself is humorous, adventurous and sad but it is the life of Willie Ryan and we, the reader can only image what we would do in the same situation. Wil......more