Written by Stephen Krensky
Genre: Fiction
Theme: family, jealous, manners
Primary charater is Arthur. Secondary charaters are Brain, D.W., Mom, and Dad
Publication 2000
Published by Little, Brown and Company
In this story, Arthur finds out that his friend Brain will be spending the weekend at his house. Arthur imagines that Brain and he will have a great weekend of advantages. D.W., on the other hand, believes that it will be like having two Arthurs in the house. Arthur then learns that it was nothing like he imagined. Brain is very polite and does his homework before the weekend begins. He helps around the house. Arthur's whole family enjoys spending time with Brain. He is very helpful around the house. Arthur gets jealous and upset because Brain is spending more time with his family then him. The weekend did not turn out how Arthur planned it.
This story is good for children to read. They can enjoy and relate to the charaters. They learn about how to act polite as a guest in a friends home. This is a good book for pleasure reading.
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