i'll probably get stung by bees

I really liked Lucky Leaf for two reasons: the illustrations and the humor. The style doesn't hurt either. The book comes off like an under-done comic book which kind of adds to the slacker humor. Kevin O'Malley takes a pretty mundane story where, honestly, nothing really happens and makes it appealing somehow...to me at least. In this day it's pretty normal for kids to spend all their time inside on machines but O'Malley turns the simple parental command of "go outside" into a totally understated but over-dramatic conflict between man and nature as the boys wait for the "lucky leaf" to fall from the tree. During their quest (which is really just a lot of waiting) the boys rediscover nature and might perhaps consider going back outside again someday...after they beat all their video games of course.