Onion John

Reviewed by Gregory

Onion John is a very good book. Andy is a twelve year old boy who has friends you would expect to have. One day he met a man named Onion John. They have many adventures together. One day they get in trouble with Andy’s father. They were out for 14 hours at night. Andy is forbidden to go to see Onion John as his punishment.
Then he builds Onion John a new house. But his house collapse on Onion John. He has a striped rib. He is rushed to the hospital. Andy wants to go as well to see him.

Andy’s father does not care about Onion John. Andy is worried for his friend. Andy is planning to run away from home. But, guess who stops him before he leaves? Onion John came to tell his parents the truth about what Andy is doing. His mom is in shock. His mom starts to cry.

His dad talks to Andy to discuss how glad his father is that he did not run away.
Andy is crying because his father knows why he almost ran away. Then O.J. goes to his cave to only think about his life. Then Andy and his father go to the woods to talk about Andy’s future but as soon as his dad opens his mouth, John's cave catches on fire.


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