Article Title
Keywords
Dependable, Primary, Intermediate, E.L. Konigsburg, Sixth Grade, Elementary School, Friendship, Competition, Divorce, Death
Document Type
Book Review
Abstract
Join four sixth graders and their teacher, Mrs. O., as they tell share their journeys leading up to being chosen to compete on the sixth grade Academic Bowl team. Each student has a different background and family life.Noah’s life becomes that much more exciting when he unexpectedly becomes the best man at his classmate’s grandparents’ wedding. Ethan has an older brother who set the bar really high, which makes him anxious as he figures out what he is good at. Nadia’s parents are divorced, so she spends some time in Florida getting to know herself and her dad. Julian is Indian and just moved in. His mother passed away recently and his dad is renovating an old house in town. Finally, Mrs. O is their sixth grade teacher and a paraplegic, who watches these four become best friends, and the winning sixth grade Academic Bowl team.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Hinckley, Kristie
(2017)
"The View from Saturday,"
Children's Book and Media Review: Vol. 38:
Iss.
6, Article 16.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cbmr/vol38/iss6/16