Mordecai Richler is a great writer. I love his Jacob Two-Two books. The one I read first is Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang. Jacob is a boy who is 'two plus two' years old. (That's how it says four in the book.) He says everything twice because he admits that he is the smallest one in the family, and no one listens to him the first time. He also says things twice if he is nervous or excited. On page one, he tells us that he has two ears, two eyes, two feet and two shoes. He also has two brothers and two sisters. Their names are Emma, Marfa, Daniel and Noah. Mordecai Richler used his own kids' names, except Marfa's real name is Martha.

In the story, Jacob Two-Two loses an argument with a judge and he gets sent off to an island. That's where he meets the Hooded Fang. The Hooded Fang was once a big mean wrestler but then he was embarrassed by a little girl. After that, he works on an island that is basically a jail for kids. The Hooded Fang seems to be means but by the end, he surprises Jacob with his kindness.

I like Jacob as a character because he is smart, funny, creative and pretty independent. I like Mordecai Richler because he was born the son of a scrap-yard dealer in Montreal in 1931 and even though that must have been hard, it didn't stop him from writing great books when he grew up.

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