I liked this book. I liked Henry's growth during the story. I admired how he learned to handle Ramona. I have one problem with this book. At the end Henry ends up in the paper for doing a good deed. His big focus after learning this is how his father will react to seeing him in the paper. He talks about how much he needs his father's approval and how happy he is when his father says he is proud of him. This is totally out of left field I feel. In none of the other books or at any point prior to this happening at the end of this book has Henry every mentioned or implied that there is tension/trouble between him and his father. At one point his father does explain to him how important his paper route is when he ends up distracted by something else and his mom ends up doing his paper route for him but nothing else indicates a problem between Henry and his father. I didn't like this tacked on bit to the story.