39 pages • 1 hour read
Annie BarrowsA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Chapter 1 introduces nine-year-old Iggy Frangi, whom the narrator describes as the hero of this book. However, being a hero doesn’t mean Iggy is “polite and nice and plays the cello and reads for at least half an hour before bedtime” (9). Instead, Iggy is mischievous and often does things he later regrets.
The narrator says there are three kinds of regret: things people wish they hadn’t done only because they got caught, things people wish they hadn’t done quite as much of, and things people truly regret doing altogether. Iggy experiences all three kinds of regret in this story. At the moment, Iggy is bored, lying face down on a rug, in timeout in his room because of something he did. Page 11 illustrates Iggy standing between his shouting parents. Iggy has no TV or computer since his parents believe in raising screen-free kids. As a consequence of his actions, Iggy has to stay in his room until dinnertime, can’t have dessert for a week, loses his allowance for a month, and must write an apology letter. Despite these punishments, Iggy is laughing.
By Annie Barrows
Ivy and Bean
Ivy and Bean
Annie Barrows
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
The Truth According to Us
The Truth According to Us
Annie Barrows