Viorst, Judith

In an attempt to overcome his grief, a boy tries to think of the ten best things about his dead cat.

On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too.

It follows the exploits of eleven-year-old Alexander as he experiences the most terrible and horrible day of his young life, a day that begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by one calamity after another. But when Alexander tells his upbeat family about the misadventures of his disastrous day, he finds little sympathy and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him.

On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too.