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Summary: The view from Saturday
Review: The view from Saturday is about the 4 sixth grade Acedemic Quiz Bowl kids who have tea parties. This book has intricate characters who you will find interesting to read about.
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Summary: The View from Saturday
Review: This book was written quite well, and I very much enjoyed it. To be able to bring the reader to relate to all five main characters [Mrs. Olinski, Noah, Nadia, Ethan, Julian] is a hard task, but this extrodinary writer accomplished it. If you find that it was a boring book, try and write your own newberry winner, it a HARD task. *~Mila Van Cotta
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Summary: TO INSURE PROMPTNESS
Review: ... View From Saturday, was an enrapturing and classy leaf to ponder. I admit, Nadia's part of the story was not as exciting or fast-paced, but one cannot demand everything from a busy author. Julian, the East Indian, is a charismatic and fantastic character, showing us what true character really is. His inviting the others for "tea" really stabilizes the book and reinforces the idea that Earth really does still have innocence and courtesy.
Remember...tea is always at four!
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Summary: Ensure vs. Insure
Review: I do not usually comment on books, but when I read this book, I loved it. I am going to school to become a teacher, and when my professor at college had us read a chapter book, I chose this one. I found this book to be one of the best children's literature books I've read in a long time. I write this because of the person who wrote the comment on "ensure" and "insure". I do believe this was used correctly. Books go through many people who correct and read and re-read. I am sure this was meant to be this way so I looked up the definition of "insure" for you: To make sure, certain, or secure. SO I make my point...insure promptness ..would be to make sure that person is prompt...therefore, this would make sense. Next time you wish to make a comment on an author about their writing, PLEASE look up the word first. I am sure you are nothing near an author and have no place in criticizing a person in the profession of writing.
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Summary: Responce to the Kid Who Complained About the "Insure" Deal
Review: I haven't even read this book, but when I saw that someone was complaining about the use of "insure" in the novel instead of "ensure", it completely outraged me. Publishers, authors, printers, (and so on) do there best to make a book others will enjoy, and sometimes there are mistakes. Just because there was a bit of a typing error doesn't mean that a reviewer needs to get all up in their face about it! Things happen, my goodness! Someone just needs to throw a temper tantrum somewhere else, and not all over the public internet! A spelling error is so minor ... it shouldn't make you give the book a 2 star rating just because of it!
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Summary: To Insure Promptness. Oh really?
Review: Well, it seems that the Academic Bowl members aren't quite so clever after all. During the final competition, Julian mentions "tip" as an acronym meaning "to insure promptness." The judges refuse to accept it at first because they can't find a reference for it. Julian, of course, disagrees, etc. etc. And the judges initially penalize him, but eventually find a "reference" and reward points back to the Epiphany team. Funnily enough, the judges' first reactions should have held, because in the real world, there IS no legitimate reference for this erroneous bit of misinformation. The idea that TIP = "to insure promptness" is nothing more than a well-circulated bit of urban legend. And lest you be skeptical, look at the fact that the word "insure" is incorrectly used, and the word "ensure" (with an E) ought to have been used instead. But the people who came up with this "acronym" either didn't care or figured that most people woudln't notice (guess it worked if that was the case). What I don't understand is how this huge error could have slipped past the author, her agent, her publishers, and all of her readers! Is it any wonder that people think America is dumb when we can't even distinguish between "insure" and "ensure," not to mention our gullibility for believing junk like this? Hey--after all, if we read it, it must be true, right? America's intelligence and critical skills seem to be going right down the toilet. Shame on The View from Saturday for falling into this trap. Guess Epiphany really lost the Academic Bowl then. Figures.
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Summary: My View from Saturday.
Review: This book is about a group of super smart middle school kids and their strange little lives. It's completely unrealistic and a total waste of time. Read From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konigsburg. Though written by the same author, it far surpasses this book.
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Summary: A Wonderful Book
Review: I'm a former Academic Bowl member, and when I read this book, I just couldn't put it down. The characters in the book learn so much about life as they answer simple questions. The book is full of flashbacks, even though it takes place mainly at various academic bowl competitions. It is narrated through different points of view. This is a book no one can pass up reading.
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Summary: The View from Saturday is an entertaining book!
Review: The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg is about a group of children who are part of a county-wide tournament. The book tells the story of how these kids first met, and became "The Souls". The story starts out at one section of the tournament, and goes back in time 6 months to the time when the kids first met each other.
This is book is very interesting, and entertaining. It influenced me in a way I would've never have thought it could've, since it shows that there are people in the world that include others even if they are of differant nationalities. If you ever have a free afternoon pick up a copy of the book, and enjoy!
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Summary: Konigsburg's Best
Review: The chapter's in this Newbery Medal-winning book are like short stories. The main characters are Noah, Nadia, Ethan, Julian, and Mrs. Olinski. Noah narrates the book first. He talks about when he goes to Century Village, a small town in Florida for senior citizens, and about him helping the citizens (which include his Grandpa Nate and Grandma Sadie) prepare for the wedding of Izzy Diamondstein (Nadia's grandpa) and Margaret Draper (Ethan's grandma). When Noah is helping Tillie Nachman address wedding invitations, her cat walks through the ink and walks right onto the invitations. Will Noah and Tillie think of something? Right before the wedding, the best man sprains his ankle. Will they find a substitute in time? Nadia narrates the book next. She describes her time in Florida with her recently divorced father, who lives quite near her grandpa, who just got married to Ethan's grandma. Margaret and Izzy both go on turtle walks together to harvest baby turtles. One morning, Nadia and her father get a call from her grandpa. He says the baby turtles might drown if they don't hurry. The highway is bumper to bumper on the way there. Will they get to the beach to rescue the baby turtles? How will they? This is just part of the story. I want you to read the rest of the book to find out what happens. Thanks for reading my review and I hope you enjoy "The View From Saturday", by E. L. Konigsburg. The reason I gave it four stars was that it was a bit unrealistic. One of the examples was that the kids don't use contractions very often, and this book was made only 5, 6, maybe 7 years ago. In 2003, you almost never hear a single "I am" or "do not". Besides that, I hope you'll enjoy "The View From Saturday" as much as I did. I think it's the author's best!
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