All That I Can Fix features a 15 year old protagonist, Ronney, who has a lot to worry about. Everyone in his small town knows who he is, the kid from a mixed-race family with whose dad who tried to kill himself, whose mom is addicted to prescription drugs, who has the brilliant, but traumatized little sister. Ronney has so much responsibility that he feels like a man in a boy’s body.

Things get worse when the owner of an exotic game farm on the outskirts of town decided one night to open up all the cages and release the lions, cheetahs, tiger, and then shoot himself. What results is chaos in town as news crews, gun control supporters and gun rights advocates descend upon the town while locals are either trying to hunt the animals or photograph them. Romney needs to comfort his frightened sister, deal with his best friend who wants to join the hunt, and try to rid himself of a lonely kid from school that drives him crazy.

I didn’t really enjoy the book because of the deaths of the animals, too many controversial topics competing for page space, and what I consider the unrealistic turn around of Ronney’s father towards the end of the book. That would be a wish of every family that has a member suffering from mental illness, but it seemed way too cliche.