I read this book and I did not like it. Alexanders family are bullies and they're abusive to him and they will not help him out, they make him suffer almost every page.

I didn't like that he lost money and went broke, and his family was very selfish and mean to Alexander and never helped him out, even the store owner was a jerk.

I don't know why this negative sequel book gets praise, it's humiliating and degrading and insensitive to people who are poor and wandering the streets. I don't like Judith Viorst Alexander books. I don't want to meet her.

I hope that Hollywood people does not go along with this horrible book sequel into a movie. If anything, I hope this outdated 1980s negative book gets removed from schools and libraries and goes out of print and becomes forgotten, it is very insulting to poor families and homeless people and single people who don't have any money or are in debt. Don't bother borrowing or buying this negative book, read The Berenstain Bears trouble with money instead.