Yours Truly

We can all recall times growing
up when we had the urge to play
hooky from school. Those days when
we faked a cold or flu in an attempt
to avoid an upcoming grammar test
or the consequences for incomplete
homework. We would cough and
sputter and shiver in pleading our case
but most often be ushered out the
door by a seemingly uncaring mother.
In Yours Truly, we are introduced
to Alvin, a master of playing hooky, a
ten year old boy who routinely faked
illness and injury to skip school and
whose efforts were substantiated in,
although sympathetic, most often
ridiculous notes from his seemingly
caring mother.
A collection of the original handwritten
notes, preserved as the
authors memoirs, Yours Truly follows
the exploits of little Alvin as he tiptoes
around the schools attendance officer
throughout his grade five school year.