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Summary: The Flunking of Joshua T. Bates
Review: I think The Flunking of Joshua T. Bates was an okay book. Joshua, the main character, was very humorous. Joshua just ended the summer after a year of third grade. He is shocked and embarassed when he learns he has to repeat third grade over. Josh wasn't happy about the situation at first, but then Mrs. Goodwin came in. Mrs. Goodwin tutored Josh after school and during school she made him feel beeter about himself. Josh takes the test to fourth grade. Did he make it or did he not? Read The Flunking of Joshua T. Bates to find out the ending and all the hysterical details.
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Summary: The Flunking of Joshua T. Bates
Review: Joshua T.Bates is an amusing and interesting book. It is about a boy named Josh, he has the time of his life until his mom tells him he has to repeat the 3rd grade again! You'll find some interesting people like Tommy Wilhem and Billy Nickle,the 4th grade bullies who pick on Josh because he didn't pass 3rd grade. Josh tells everyone that he is moving to East Africa. Untill his teacher said she would help him so, Josh didn't move to East Africa. Want to find out what happened? Read this great book, I recommend it.
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Summary: Kaleh's Corner
Review: Joshua has to repeat the third grade, in Mrs. Goodwin's class. His teacher says he needs another year to mature. Everyone teases him, especially Tommy Wintey. They say he's a baby. He is sick of it. The first day of third grade was horrible. Everyone stared at him like he was stupid. Joshua's best friend is in fourth grade. Tommy Wintey makes a rule. The rule is no fourth grader can be friends with a third grader. Will Joshua ever catch up, or will he be in the third grade forever? His teacher says she will give him extra help after school. After a few weeks of extra help, he takes a test to see if he can go to fourth grade. I recommend this book to kids in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade, because it is about kids at this age who are really funny.
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Summary: The flunking of joshua T. Bates
Review: I would highly recommend this book for any age. It begins with Joshua having the best
summer. Then his mother told him that he had to repeat the 3rd grade. Joshua was
very embarrassed, mad, and said he was moving to East Africa. He called his teacher a
tank. Then Joshua gets teased about repeating 3rd grade. Mrs. goodwind helps Joshua
get better grades. Joshua took a test to see if he could be promoted to 4th grade.
Read the book to find out if Joshua passed.
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Summary: The Flunking of Joshua T. Bates
Review: Joshua was having the best summer yet until his mom said he had to repeat third grade. Josh was down in the mouth because he would not be with his best friend Andrew. Tommy Wilhem would probably laugh him out of Mirch Elementry School. Josh was happy because he did not have Mrs. Nice. Instead he had the (tank) Mrs. Goodwin. Mrs. Goodwinn was sad for Josh so she tuterd him so he could be promoted to the fourth grade. Josh took a fourth grade review test. Did he pass? Read this hysterical book to see if he passed. Enjoy the rest of this exciting book and the other in its sequel.
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Summary: The Flunking of Doug Collier
Review: I can still remember how it felt. I was held back in the 6th grade (unlike Joshua, in my case it was my own fault), and though Joshua didn't realize it, he was actually very fortunate to have been held back earlier rather than later.Susan Shreve must have been held back herself as a child, or had at least one of her own children held back, or dealt with many students who have been held back. She writes the story in such a way as to meet the reader right where they are. She seems to identify with someone who has had to repeat (or is in the process of repeating) a grade for whatever reason. Although it is a very short story (initially written for my generation -- see the "Pac-Man" refernces), it still brings home some very important messages for young kids struggling in school, whether it be academically or socially. Also, in the tradition of Katherine Paterson's "Bridge To Terebithia" and Louis Sachar's "There's a Boy In the Girl's Bathroom", this story also does a wonderful job of offering us the character of a teacher who is able to reach the student on a deep and meaningful level...the kind of teacher we never forget about no matter how old we get.
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Summary: Flunking Third Grade
Review: This story is about a boy named Joshua T. Bates. This book is a very interesting book I give it four stars out of five stars. . This book is book is about a kid that flunked third grade and tells his friends that he will be promoted to fourth grade before the end of the year. I liked this book and I recommend it to all of you to read it if you like to read books that are etertaining. Try it you'll like it!
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Summary: Flunking Third Grade
Review: This story is about a boy named Joshua T. Bates. This book is a very interesting book I give it four stars . This book is book is about a kid that flunked third grade and tells his friends that he will be promoted to fourth grade before the end of the year. I liked this book and I recommend it to all of you to read it if you like to read books that are etertaining.
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Summary: Go for it
Review: This is a perfect book for second or third graders who are becoming independent readers, and offers the spice of encouragement to the reluctant ones. Joshua T. Bates ought to have been going into fourth grade in the fall. But he had flunked third grade the year before. He couldn't read well enough, and his math skills left something to be desired. Having to enter a third grade class with kids a year younger was a humiliation for Joshua. Everyone at Mirch Elementary knew it and would not let him forget. Worse than that--if such a thing were possible--was the pasting he took on the schoolyard from the school bullies. Neither Tommy Wilhelm nor Billy Nickel would let Joshua play team sports with the fourth graders. Joshua of course pulled his studies together and showed up both bullies in a rather surprising set of circumstances. How he did it is what keeps children turning these pages. I read this story aloud to one of our children, in her reluctant reader stage. By the end, she was anxious to read alone. She raced through the next two books in the trilogy herself. Our son plowed through all three books, also in second grade, without a hitch. Go for it. Alyssa A. Lappen
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Summary: The Flunking of Joshua T. Bates
Review: The Flunking of Joshua T. Bates was the best book I've ever read! I gave this book five stars because it was a stupendous book! It starts out when Josh and his family were on their way back from vacation. His mom told him in the car that he flunked 3rd grade. He got so furious! His sister started picking on him, and his previous classmates start to pick on him, especially Tommy Wilhelm! His best freind Andrew, stuck up for him. His new teacher, Mrs. Goodwin, also stuck up for him. If you want to find out the rest of the story,....... READ THE BOOK!!!!!!
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