Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
What's Wrong with Daddy?
Alida E. Young · 1986
68/100
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For its era this was genuinely pioneering — a quiet, emotionally honest portrayal of a family facing early-onset Alzheimer's that gave words to an experience most youth fiction avoided. The central father-daughter relationship carries real feeling. Today it is out of print, pacing can feel slow, and modern families may find more current titles on dementia; but for readers who come across it, it still lands with warmth.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety78
substance72
craft65
originality74
accuracy68
hype55
age-fit70
human-eye65
Penny’s verdict68
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