The Class
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- €13.99
Publisher Description
Twenty Kids. Twenty points of view. One rambunctious, brilliantly conceived novel that corrals the seeming chaos (c’mon, TWENTY points of view!) into one effervescent story.
Sixth grade is a MOST confusing time. Best friends aren’t friends anymore. Worst enemies suddenly want to be partners in crime. And classmates you thought you knew have all sorts of surprising stuff going on. The kids in Mrs. Herrera’s class are dealing with all these things and more—specifically, three more:
1. There’s a new girl who just seems to be spying on them all and scribbling things in a notebook. Maybe she IS a spy?
2. Someone is stealing all of Mrs. Herrera’s most treasured items.
3. Their old classmate, Sam, keeps showing up and no one knows why…until they do.
Which leads to a fourth problem. But we can’t tell you about that yet. The twenty kids in Mrs. Herrera’s classroom can, though, and they do.
Every. Single. One. Of. Them.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Sixth grade has started, and there's a lot going on in Ms. Herrerra's class. New girl and budding author Ellie, who struggles to make friends, decides to write a book about her school. Becca has always been a teacher's pet, but she can't win over Ms. Herrerra, which inspires her to act out with the help of popular mean girl Petra, who wants to make some changes herself. Petra's former best friend, Rosie, is not too happy about Petra acting so differently, though shy, kind Stefan is thrilled when Petra agrees to attend a dance with him. Despite their varying concerns, the classmates unite when beloved Ms. Herrerra finds herself on thin ice with the school principal over an occurrence that happened the previous year. In alternating chapters, all 20 students narrate some, including Ellie, appear more than once. This ambitious technique from Dowell (the Sam the Man series) pays off: the students' varied perspectives and sufficiently unique voices offer key insights into events and character motivations, such as why Rosie is unkind or why Petra wants to change. The many views and diverse cast create a complex, thought-provoking, and entertaining view of middle school. Ages 9 13.
