Savannah and I loved the way it ended. Jon re-iterates that he hates Bat and is glad the series is over. ( )

The End of Everything winds down into Bat and Thor's friendship coming to an end after a lot of growth. Will they part or not? Well, that should have been obvious from book one and book two. No, of course not. Forcing a young child to part from his emotional security skunk simply sounds cruel.

Bat cares for Thor and does his research and in this final book you get the culmination of all that care and love. A boy and his skunk.

End of Everything is more like the beginning of Bat and Thor having a happier life with less stress and sadness, to release Thor would leave him with almost no survival skills and Bat feeling torn apart as autistic kids don't handle loss well in many cases.

I have seen complaints from parents over how author basically tells us it's okay to keep wild animals as pets, just as long as we take good care of them. It's not a bad message, especially when the age range for books like these isn't simply five or six. Instead it can become a great message for kids, but also pointing out rescued animals not just wild animals. Kids might look at animals entirely differently. They might read up on the dwindling populations due to climate change and habitat loss.
As rescued animals might not always stand a chance out there. Which is actually true in real life especially with human-raised animals so Bat getting to keep Thor after so much human exposure and rearing without his instincts would be done if not Thor going to a zoo or preserve where, what do you know, he'd also be cared for by humans of all ages. I think you took the message a bit differently, the message was a rescued animal doesn't always need to be released, their life spans in the wild are short and full off stress.

Not to mention skunks are among the lesser wild animals with them, raccoons, sugar gliders, and parrots all barely domesticated but making for amazing pets. While Thor is wild to a point, he's perfect pet material.

I knew from book one, halfway through he'd be keeping the skunk, how was in the air, but it's clear Bat puts a lot more care into raising an animal and in doing that it shows any animal can be a pet with the right care, a great moral. Much better than some other books where people are quick to put down a wild orphaned animal or leave them to nature. With the world as it is right now, we too can help animals, even if it means we shouldn't be Bat but instead become a vet or rescuer like the characters in these books.

4.5 stars, these books are fast reads and very good for the autism spectrum character representation. The book world needs more Bats. ( )

It's summer, and Bat doesn't want school to end and routine to change. He doesn't want his best friend Israel to go on vacation to Canada, and most of all, he doesn't want to have to release the skunk kit Thor into the wild. Bat's teacher Mr. Grayson offers to let Bat take his rabbit Babycakes home for the summer, but Bat decides to focus on Thor, and suggests that Jenny take Babycakes home instead, and Bat is able to talk with Jenny about how he feels. Bat's older sister Janie takes photos of Bat and Thor, and after a family meeting, a surprising conclusion is reached. A truly sweet and unexpected ending to the Bat trilogy. ( )

The End of Everything winds down into Bat and Thor's friendship coming to an end after a lot of growth. Will they part or not? Well, that should have been obvious from book one and book two. No, of course not. Forcing a young child to part from his emotional security skunk simply sounds cruel.

Bat cares for Thor and does his research and in this final book you get the culmination of all that care and love. A boy and his skunk.

End of Everything is more like the beginning of Bat and Thor having a happier life with less stress and sadness, to release Thor would leave him with almost no survival skills and Bat feeling torn apart as autistic kids don't handle loss well in many cases.

I have seen complaints from parents over how author basically tells us it's okay to keep wild animals as pets, just as long as we take good care of them. It's not a bad message, especially when the age range for books like these isn't simply five or six. Instead it can become a great message for kids, but also pointing out rescued animals not just wild animals. Kids might look at animals entirely differently. They might read up on the dwindling populations due to climate change and habitat loss.
As rescued animals might not always stand a chance out there. Which is actually true in real life especially with human-raised animals so Bat getting to keep Thor after so much human exposure and rearing without his instincts would be done if not Thor going to a zoo or preserve where, what do you know, he'd also be cared for by humans of all ages. I think you took the message a bit differently, the message was a rescued animal doesn't always need to be released, their life spans in the wild are short and full off stress.

Not to mention skunks are among the lesser wild animals with them, raccoons, sugar gliders, and parrots all barely domesticated but making for amazing pets. While Thor is wild to a point, he's perfect pet material.

I knew from book one, halfway through he'd be keeping the skunk, how was in the air, but it's clear Bat puts a lot more care into raising an animal and in doing that it shows any animal can be a pet with the right care, a great moral. Much better than some other books where people are quick to put down a wild orphaned animal or leave them to nature. With the world as it is right now, we too can help animals, even if it means we shouldn't be Bat but instead become a vet or rescuer like the characters in these books.

4.5 stars, these books are fast reads and very good for the autism spectrum character representation. The book world needs more Bats. ( )