Written as if you were a fly on the wall listening to the boys, mum and award winning soccer playing sister Ava, this is a humorous and fun book, with loads of imagininative stories to get the readers thinking. It is just as humorous as the first novel by the author How to Be a Prime Minister and Survive Year 5 also reviewed here.

Sam realises he isn't going to be break any world records but when he get a project for school homework and has to write about his proudest moment that really gets him thinking. Mum recalls many moments which she thinks fit the bill, but Sam doesn't think they compare with his friend's Vihaan's product moment when his self-portrait was selected to be exhibited in the National Gallery, Nor the awards his sister wins for playing soccer.

What this does show is that if he thinks about all the good things he does and there are quite a few,  Sam also realises you don't have to be an award winner to realise your good attributes.

The author

Carla Fitzgerald is a writer, a recovered lawyer and a mum of three from Sydney. She studied arts and law at university, and worked at the Australian Human Rights Commission. Only after that did she rediscover the great fun of making stuff up. Carla is a tutor at the Australian Writers Centre, a coach at the Harding Miller Education Foundation and a Books in Homes role model. Her favourite things to do are write, walk, read, eat and hang out with her family. Not necessarily in that order.