Dewey Fairchild: Parent Problem Solver

Horn, Lorri. Dewey Fairchild: Parent Problem Solver. 2017. 245p. ISBN 978-1-944995-16-4. Available at FIC HOR on the library shelves.

When you are in middle school, the behavior of your parents can be so embarassing. Dewey Fairchild has a knack for solving this mortifying behavior by addressing the parent’s issue at the root of this conduct. In fact, Dewey is so good that he has started his own business solving other people’s problems, and his business is so successful he has hired a secretary, Miss Clara who was his babysitter back in the day. An excellent counselor and baker, Clara really helps Dewey stay organized. She’s also a great alibi for when Dewey has to do long-term reconnaissance work at the house of his target. Plus, her baking abilities enhance both the smell of the office and his ability to regal his customers with ever shifting types of cookies,

No case is too small or too difficult for Dewey. His best friend’s mother is overprotective and will not let her do anything because she is worried she will get hurt. Solution? Spend as much time with her, even if this means get in the bathtub with her mother. Another student’s father constantly pick his nose, burps, and snores. After observations, Dewey realizes that he has a medical condition. Yet another student’s mother is extremely neat. A cat poop incident having caused this issue, a solution is to fake eating cat poop again.

Dewey might have met his match, however, when he overhears his parents discussing moving to Alaska. Dewey, his four-year-old sister, and his mother all want to stay here, but his father is looking for a better opportunity. Can a parent problem solver solve his own parent problem so that he can stay here?