Christopher is an extremely mathematically gifted fifteen year old boy, but he is quite socially handicapped. He takes everything that people say really literally. At first you think that the book is just a mystery novel about the journey Chris goes on to discover who killed Wellington, his neighbors dog. But once the story really starts you discover, that there's a little more to the book than that.
(WARNING:there may be some minor spoilers ahead)
There's another important part of the story. Chris's mother is dead. Or so he thinks. One day while investigating the mystery in his fathers room, he finds a box. He opens the box. In the box there are letters, to him. From his mother. Chris was just playing a game, until this happened, this made it real. It turned out that his father had hid them, and that his mother was alive.
This really makes me think about how parents try to protect their kids from the outside world, not wanting them to be exposed to it, and how sometimes they over-do it, really over-do it. Chris's dad was just trying to protect him from the truth, which he thought would be too hard for Chris to take, but telling someone their mother is dead is a bit too much. I think this is really about how Chris's dad took a chance, by making a big decision for Chris. But people should never make decisions that big on their own, when it affects other people so much.
Good job Sebby! I thought that your summary was good. You didn't give a way too much without the spoiler alert. I think the only thing you could really work on is stretching out your idea and no offense but "actually try." You had a really good idea but didn't go through with it. This is good, but it could be great.
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