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Summary: A Good Book
Review: This is a really good book about four kids and how they became friends. It gives lots of background information.
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Summary: I LOVED THIS BOOK!!!!
Review: This book was great. I personaly would not recomend this book to anyone who can not read 6th grade level. The was just a bit confuesing to me and I can propbably read some 9th-10th grade stuff. I am an 8th greader. I read this book over summer vaycay not because I had to but because I wanted to. I thought with the size of it being what is was would take me 5-6 days to read. Guess what, that didn't happen. I read the book in a day. This book will be one I will remember forever!
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Summary: This is a great book with many cut-off and start-up stories!
Review: This is a very good book to read to pass time or for a special school report! It has many different situations going on at once and you don't know what's gonna happen next! It keeps you interested in what is goign on inside the characters' minds and future!
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Summary: A page-turner of interwoven stories
Review: I really enjoyed this book. I liked how the author chose to switch back and forth from present to past to explain how the children answered the quiz questions. I love how I was slowly drawn into the lives of each character. I wanted to know how each one related to each other. The ending is sweet and touching, how the children were trying to lift the spirits of their teacher. I recommend this book for upper elementary or middle school level reading.
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Summary: A Great Book with a Different Perspective
Review: I enjoyed this book very much. The author showed the characters personalities well and made the book fun and interesting to read. Though parts could be misunderstood I understood the character's view most of the time. I would recommend this book!
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Summary: I loved it
Review: E.L. Konigsburg is one of my favorite authors, and this book was no exception. Her writing style is different and unique, the stories pulled you in, and the ending triumph left you with a good feeling. Also, the person who said, "Sixth graders don't really talk like that," I find that very insulting and untrue; I was in the sixth grade when this came out in 1996, and this person obviously hasn't had much contact with this age group. Some of us do indeed talk "like that".
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Summary: It was a little confusing
Review: I thought that View from Saturday was a little confusing for me because it would jump around too much and I felt like I couldn't follow the story that well. I did like the teacher's character though, because she was always happy, and ready to teach.
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Summary: There should be an opportunity to give this book 0 stars
Review: This was, by far, the worst book I have ever had the misfortune of reading. The author owes me the money and time I spent on this worthless pursuit. Here's why:1. Dialogue rang very untrue. Kids, even smart kids, use contractions. Not in this book, at least not very much. The dialogue reads like what an adult thinks (or wants) sixth-grade students to say. Sixth-graders talking of "leaving prepubescence" and the following, "Grandma Draper is a thoroughbred Protestant, and Izzy is a thoroughbred Jew. But they don't plan on breeding." 2. Attitude. The attitude Noah holds toward elderly people is a poor model for anyone, let alone the potential readers of the book. Noah maintains that the retirement village is "...a theme park for old people. Almost everyone who lives there is retired from USEFUL LIFE (my caps)." Further, Nadia adds that all old people dress atrociously. And, my favorite, "Most grandmothers of her species..." There are other similar comments, but you get the idea. 3. Product Placement: The book is peppered with references to trademarked products. Just what we need in school, more emphasis and legitimacy given to the culture of commercialism. 4. Poor flow: The author states on the back of the cover that she pulled the book together from several stories she had already written. The book reads like it, to the readers' detriment. There is little flow to the story and story lines appear almost as an afterthought. 5. Humor?: A blurb on the cover from Publisher's Weekly says the book is, "Glowing with humor..." It is only if your idea of humor is incontinent monkeys and "obviously male" dogs. If both those examples were meant to be funny, they fail miserably. Any book that needs chapter titles to inform the reader as to who is narrating that particular chapter has problems. This book has many. Once again, the Newbery medal choice (this book received it) boggles the imagination. The Newbery has become a way to tell us teachers what books NOT to bring into the classroom. At least they're consistent.
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Summary: A wonderful book
Review: The View From Saturday is a wonderful book.I think it was very well written.Though as much as I liked it I must admit it is a confusing book. So most people who didn't like it don't get it. It is definatley a book for readers of a high level. The story shows many different points of veiw of seventh graders. It shows their different personalities and interests. Like Nadia's fascination with turtles or Julians knowledge of Languge and culture all around. Plus it is fun how the charcters relate to each other. I would very much so recomend this book to readers at a higher level.
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Summary: A Must-read Book! Best Book Ever!
Review: In "The View from Saturday" Koningsburg tells of four children chosen by chance by their teacher to be the team for their homeroom's competition at the Academic Bowl. After each chapter, the child who answered the last question at the finals recollects a time in their life which connects to one of the others. It is a really cool book and I could really relate to it because I am on the QUIZBOWL team at school and it [the book] was just like real life! PLEASE READ IT! Gar-un-teed to please!!
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