The School Story

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Summary: A School Story
Review: Andrew Clements has outdone himself with this book. A more-than-worthy successor to his previous books set at schools, The School Story is full of clever scenes of children outsmarting adults in ways that savvy readers will enjoy immensely. The stars of this book are the brash Zoe, and the nifty premise. I'll be reading this aloud to my elementary-school classrooms for years to come. Perfect for 3-6th graders, and all the adults I'll be passing it on to.

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Summary: you must read The School Story
Review: I like The School Story because it is about a girl that is trying to publish a book that she wrote. Her mom is a editor so she wants her mom to puplish it. her friend Zoe wants to be her agent so Natalie says yes. They finally get the book and Natalie tells her mom that she wrote it.

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Summary: The School Story
Review: I'm Lizzy from WMA School in 5th grade. This super story takes place in New York City. The main characters are Natalie Nelson (also known as Cassandra Day,) Zoe (also known as Zee Zee,) and
Natalie's mom (also known as Hanna Nelson Editor of Shipley Junior Books. In this story Shipley Junior Books is famous publishing company. The book Natalie wants to publish is called The Cheater. To get this book published Zoe acts as a Literary Agent. They also have a little what am I saying copious amounts of help from their teacher Ms. Clayton. They try to have Natalie's mom publish it but they had a little trouble with Hannah's boss. One day Natalie sends the story to here mom. That night like always she went to her mom's office to find her mom reading her book and she could not put it down. I think that this book is the best. I think everyone in he whole wide world should read it and other books by Andrew Clements such as Frindle, The Landry News, The Janitors boy, The Jacket, and A Week in the Woods. If you want to know if Natalie got her book published you are just going to have to read the book.

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Summary: The School Story
Review: In the School Story, Andrew Clements's word choice is irresistible. His book holds you tight. It is a heartwarming story about a young girl and her friend trying to make Natalie's writing dream come true. After her father died, Natalie tries to make a real life for herself without her dad in her life. She tries to do what she loves to do. Natalie strides ahead to make a School Story but gets caught up in some problems with the publisher, Hagatha. Natalie and her close friend Zoe, are so determined to get Natalie's book published that they make up their own publishing company, and Zoe becomes Natalie's chief and her helper. Natalie's disguises herself as Cassandra Day, so no one will know her identity, especially her mom. Will Natalie (Cassandra Day) get her book published? Read this Andrew Clements wonder book that you won't put down. Your children will read it numerous times and they will love it. But you can't resist the passion and the sad times in the book. It is definitely a fun family reader. I would recommend this for everyone.

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Summary: The School Story!
Review: This great book is about a 12 year old average girl named Natalie Nelson. Wel it turns out to be thats shes not so average anymore. The story is about a bokk Natalie wrote vcalled "the Cheater" but of course she didnt think it was too good. She gave the story to her best friend Zoe Reisman. Zoe is so astonished at how good it was she showed it to her Launguage Arts teacher Mrs.Clayton. Zoe is so confident that her sotry is so good it could get published. Which in this case Natalie lucked out. Turns out Natalies mom is an editor for Shipley Junior Books. She could just have her mom publish it easy as pie right? Wrong, not so easy! Why would a major books company spend time editing a little girls book? Tunrs out her moms boss Letha Springfield is one harsh boss, theres no may she'll spend her companys time and money on a little girls book. But then Zoe thinks of an idea how Natalie could get her book published using a diffrent name like a disgues. Then all she needed was an agent and who better than Zoe? They now her book is good enough to get published but how could these two pull it off? With the help of there teacher and a few tricks up there selves, can the book go public?
Read it to find out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Summary: Awesome
Review: This is a wonderful story that you can't put down and I think Andrew Clements is a wonderful writer! This story is about a girl in sixth grade named Natalie Nelson. When Natalie writes a novel, she and her best friend Zoe decide to see if they can get it published. If you want to find out if they can do it, then read this book!

--Review by 9-yr-old fan, ok'd by Mom.

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Summary: Author! Author! Author!
Review: When 12-year-old Natalie Nelson writes a story called "The Cheater", she shows it to her best friend, Zoe Reisman. Zoe thinks it's too good to just hand it to her L.A. teacher, Ms. Clayton. Zoe thinks it should definitly get published. Natalie's mom, Hannah Nelson is a editor for Shipley Junior Books, so Natalie can easily ask her mom to edit her story, right? Wrong. Her mom's boss, Letha Springfield, is a tough cookie so there's no way Letha is going to tell Hannah Nelson to spend time on editing her daughter's book.

Then Zoe has a brilliant idea: Natalie can publish her book under pen name, with Zoe acting as her agent. At first Natalie isn't sure, but Zoe convinces her. After all, what could it hurt being famous?

At first everything seems it's going to suceed, but complications arrive when Natalie finds out that Letha Springfield is going to edit the story. There's no way that's going to happen. No way...

So read this book!

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Summary: Natalie's Gift
Review: _The School Story_ by Andrew Clements is a delightful book about a gifted sixth grader who writes a "great" middle school novel and gets it published by a major publisher.

The story is well paced, and the dialogue rings true. In Chapter 2, titled "A Portrait of the Author as a Young Girl," we learn the keys to this gifted writer's development. We get a child's perspective on reading aloud -- the security of her mother's calm voice versus the adventure of her father's embellishment. And always young Natalie imagined the author of the story and knew that someday she would be one herself.

_The School Story_ provides an intimate look at the agonies and ecstasies of both writing and publishing. Natalie's mother works as an editor of children's books, affording Natalie knowledge of the system she must beat. Natalie wants her book to be accepted on its own merits, however. Her best friend, Zoe, decides that Natalie should use a pseudonym and that she herself should act as Natalie's agent. A little help from the girls' English teacher lends plausibility to their scheme.

We receive a couple of glimpses of _The Cheater_, Natalie's novel. This introduces young readers to the literary device of a story within a story. Natalie and Zoe sometimes grapple with the ethics of their plan and wonder if they themselves are cheaters.

In addition to sheer enjoyment and a behind-the-scenes look at how a book gets published, _The School Story_ offers several lessons. It shows how research and persistence can lead to the realization of one's goals. It shows how revision can turn a good book into a great book. Above all, perhaps, it provides an example of encouragement. Without encouragement, Natalie wouldn't even have finished her novel, let alone pursued its publication. Moreover, each of the major characters gains courage in the course of the story so that she is a braver person at the end than she was at the beginning.

_The School Story_ is especially appropriate for fourth- to sixth-grade linguaphiles.