I had checked it out for Tash, because who doesn't like comics when they're ill? She loved it, and gave it back to me when she'd finished. I remember reading Foxtrot unknown years ago, when I took daily and Sunday papers, but I'd never been a particular fan. And I realize these strips were pulled out as being to interest to kids. But hey, cool, they cover summer vacations, and bench-warming, and exam weeks. Most of all what I enjoyed was the little digs at each other between family members who aren't really hating each other. Broad comedy, but no drama. I especially appreciated the way the strips dealt with having a gifted kid, how really irritating that could be. A little gender stereotyped, perhaps, but there's nothing mean here at all.Library copy.