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Summary: The view from saturday was a very descriptive story! :)
Review: Noah, Nadia, Ethan, and Julian are 'The Souls' whose lives are interconnected. They become an unlikely group with a mission. Noah was the best man at the wedding of Nadia and Ethan's grandparents. Mrs. Olinski has to pick four students for the Academic Bowl. She has already chosen three, and she needs one more. After seeing the children at their weekly tea party, she realizes there is an uncommon bond between them. I think that this was a very good book, and it kept my attention. This was such a good book that, in 1997, it was awarded a John Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to American Literature for children. Will they help Mrs. Olinski? Can they win the competition?
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Summary: MY View Of Saturday
Review: This book is about a parapalegic teacher and four of her students that, through experiences that they share, form a special relationship that makes them a team.Suprisingly enough when this team enters the academic bowl they win the sixth grade contest but what's even more suprising is that they go on to defeat the seventh and the eighth grades too.The rest of this book will tell you more about how they go on to try and persue this academic championship and whether they win or not. This book is endearing and makes you feel as if you are really there.It also shows you that if you really want something, through determination and teamwork, you can achieve your goal.
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Summary: Excellent-and it's a classic!
Review: I got this book out of the library on a fluke, not really thinking I would like it. But it is just so good! It's a beautiful story with a beautiful message. Also, another thing I liked. It had a general theme but with a Jewish edge to it. I liked that because it is my religion myself. Overall, a great book.
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Summary: A View from Saturday
Review: A View from Saturday is a story about four talented sixth graders who win the Acadimic Bowl for their school. I liked the story because the anwsers to the questions are always in the characters auto-biography which followed the questions. Each of the students are different, but are conected in some way. This is what makes it a good story to read.
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Summary: The Book Review from Sunday
Review: In The View from Saturday, four kids and a paraplegic teacher from separate cultures come together to compete in an academic bowl. At first Ethan, a kind of quiet kid, ignores Julian, a boy in his class from India, because he thinks Julian's "weird" and does not dress properly. One day Ethan saves Julian from the school bully. Julian then invites Ethan to a tea party at his house (the Sillington House) that takes place on Saturdays. Two other kids, Nadia and Noah, also come to the tea party. From these tea parties the four kids bond together and learn how to work together. One day their teacher, who became a paraplegic in a car accident, comes to visit a friend of hers who is staying at the Sillington House. There she sees how well the four kids work together and she decides to put them on the academic team. The rest of the book is about what happens at the academic contests. I like this book because it talks about kids. I can identify with kids because I am one. I also like the thought of academic bowls. I am interested in the idea that the questions asked in the academic bowl were related to what the kids knew. Out of the five main characters I can identify with Noah the most. Noah is a very knowledgeable kid (but not too wise), just like me. I only gave this four stars because it is a good book, but not excellent like Harry Potter. Austin
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Summary: Compelling story to use with a classroom.
Review: I used this book in the classroom (I teach 6th grade), and I was amazed that my students were so receptive to the characters and the storyline. I found that this book is a good tool to teach the concept of the differences and similarities of people (multicultural awareness), and how through perseverance and determination anything is possible. The fact that these non-traditional heroes were able to overcome their problems and hardships in a posititve way was very impressive. Too many times, my students(who are video and televsion junkies)always want the most gory, explosive, or sci-fi based types of stories or novels, but instead, I found that they all liked, if not loved, this novel. The students found common traits between themselves and the characters, therefore becoming more and more interested in what happened to the characters. A novel about a cripple, a Jew, a WASP, a Half-Jew, and an Indian (The author's words) turned out to be a most engaging story for my classroom. This novel also lent itself to a series of springboard activites which helped me reinforce the concept of community and compassion within our classroom. Simply put, this novel should be a part of 5th to 7th grade curriculum nationwide. My students and I loved it.
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Summary: clever and good
Review: This book was very clever. It was not exciting at first, but I liked it. This book is about 4 young adults (Nadia, Ethan, Julian, and Noah) whom are called the souls. The book has a chapter about every soul and at the beginning and end of each chapter it tells how each of the souls' experiences in the chapter come in handy for the Academic Bowl. I recommend this book to everyone!
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Summary: The view from Saturday
Review: This is the story of a teacher and four students on a Quizbowl team. They're not total nerds either. They're actually pretty cool people. They all meet in different places, but thats ok because they all live in the same place. Julien is the new guy. His dad's a cook and his mom was an actress or something, but she's dead. Ethan is in Florida for his grandmothers wedding. His grandmother is marrying Nadia's grandfather. Nadia is a girl who is resentful of her grandfather's wedding. She has a dog too. Noah unexpectedly becomes the best man for the grandparents' wedding. I know this sounds confusing, and it is at first, but as you read on, it all kind of connects. So read this book, and its really good!
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Summary: The Worst Book I Ever Read!
Review: I had to read this book for summer reading and by the second chapter I was completely confused. I talked to my friends about the book and they all hated it. The story isn't exciting and it doesn't have a good plot. What's the point of reading the book if you already know they win the Academic Bowl! Worst of all it is so confusing. They jump around from one place to another in and between chapters. I can't understand how this book received a Newbery Medal. My advice to you: don't read this book unless you have to.
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Summary: An Ok Book
Review: The View from Saturday is an Ok book. I didn't think it was all that good but it was a humorous book. The plot seemed kind of confusing because it jumps from the future to each characters past or what makes them a good contestant for the contest. It was kind of confusing because there were so many characters that jumped in and out of the book. Overall, The View From Saturday is not what I would like to read.
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