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Summary: let's juss say i really want to write a book now!
Review: this book is so touching the way natalie wrote the story and kinda disguised herself was gold. the way the mother and daughter embraced as it was published the way they stood by and watched it being bought, then way natalie and zoe's teacher helped them i'd say i would want to write a book and have my own mom be the editor.
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Summary: Grrrrrrrreat Story!!!
Review: This book is terrific! I love Andrew Clements books and this is my second favorite. I have always wanted to write a book and publish it. This is a great great and you (yes, that means you) should read it!
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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: This is my favorite book!!!
Review: This is a book about two best friends. Zoe wants more than anything to get a book that her friend Natalie wrote published. Natalie's mom works at a publishing company and Natalie wants her to publish it. Andrew Clements brings this book to life in a wonderful way. Hannah Nelson gets the book The Cheater, and she loves it right off the bat, but she has some surprise though when she realizes that her brand new client, and her cleints awesome agent are both 12 and she sees them everyday.
This is a wonderful book and I would reccomend to anyone, I think it is a good book because Andrew Clements brings real life problems into it to make you feel like your there, but he still puts in a little fantasy in,I mean how many 12 year old writers do you know that are published. The thing I like best about this book is that Andrew Clements ties off all the ends he tells you what happens and I like when authors do that. If you haven't read this book you should and also check out some more of what Andrew Clements wrote, their great!!!!
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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: The best of the rest
Review: This is the best book i have found in a while. Sure, i got brian jaques and tamora pierce for fantasy, but this one is awesome! It inspired me to get my book published [or we're waiting 4 the reply] and all of mr. clemets books rule, but this is the best. Two girls try to get natily's book published, and i will go no further. YOU HAVE TO READ THIS BOOK!! YOU'LL THANK ME IF YOU DO!!!
have fun and read!
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Summary: This book was really good. You should read it!!
Review: This was a really good book. The author was really descriptive. This book will just make you want to keep reading it. It was very realistic. I think that anyone who loves reading and writing should read this book.
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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: Anything can happen in the childish mind of Andrew Clements
Review: Yet again, Andrew Clements has created another superb children's book, but it doesn't have to be for children only. This book is about a courageous young writer, named Zoe, who is destined to publish her knewly written book, with the help of her best friend Natalie. Zoe started writing in the 3rd grade. So far she has been very successful. One day, Zoe had the idea to write about a school day, the book was called A School Story. Zoe took countless days to write it. When Zoe finished a couple chapters, Zoe showed Natalie a preview. Natalie was just amazed by how well it was written. Soon after Natalie read it, she had an idea, she wanted Zoe to get her mom to publish her book, Zoe think it's a horrible idea, but Natalie wouldn't give up on the idea. From there the book gets better and better each chapter. I think this book is a wonderful book and another masterpiece by Andrew Clements. There is no dought that this book should not get a perfect rating, a perfect 10 for 10. All though, who ever is reading this may not like the book, but I love this book and the childish mind of Andrew Clements
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Summary: The Agonies and Ecstasies of Writing and Publishing
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.
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