Alex just has to convince his mom to let him have an iguana, so he puts
his arguments in writing. He promises that she won't have to feed it or
clean its cage or even see it if she doesn't want to. Of course Mom
imagines life with a six-foot-long iguana eating them out of house and
home. Alex's reassurances: It takes fifteen years for an iguana to get
that big. I'll be married by then and probably living in my own house.
and his mom's replies: How are you going to get a girl to marry you when
you own a giant reptile? will have kids in hysterics as the negotiations
go back and forth through notes. And the lively, imaginative
illustrations show their polar opposite dreams of life with an iguana.