Honestly I should have known based on the title but I decided to read it hoping it would be something for my reluctant readers, maybe boys. Yeah, no. I knew at the end of the first chapter that there was no way I was going to recommend it or buy it.
Franklin Isaac (who goes by Ike) has an assignment to write an imaginary letter to a famous person. He chooses to write to Ben Franklin whom he was namd after. In that first letter he mentioned Jungle Juice which "makes the chicks lose control". I was done at that point. A 13 yr old protagonist speaking about girls that way? Nope? In addition, he himself stole a six pack and drank 2 beers (they ended up being non-alcoholic but he didn't know it at the time). I also worry that the correspondence between Ik and Franklin (yes, it turns out they actually communicate) will be hard to read - Ben Franklin talks in the English of his day.
There were parts I did like and I can see middle school boys buying this and enjoying it but I don't feel I can promote it.
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