Summary: "I Won't Go Without a Father" is about a boy named Steve who's father is not in his life. When there is a open house at his school for all the students' parents to come, Steve does not want to go because he does not have a father. After contemplating whether to go or not, Steve decides to go. At the open house, Steve grandfather, neighbor and uncle come with them which makes Steve happy because no one could tell if he had a father or not.

Review: In my opinion, the central message of this story is to realize that no family is perfect. In the story, Steve was worried about being the only student to show up with no father but he says in the story how he saw one of his friends show up with just his mother. In addition, I thought the book was well written in regards to explaining all the feelings of a boy who does not have a father. However, I did not like how the book was not consistent. For example, the author identified the mother as Mrs. Blakeman in some parts of the book but in the next line she called her "his mother". From context clues, I determined that they were the same person but for children it could be confusing. ( )