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| Title | : | The View from Saturday |
| Author | : | E.L. Konigsburg |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 176 pages |
| Published | : | May 1st 2003 by Aladdin Paperbacks (first published September 1st 1996) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Fiction. Childrens. Middle Grade. Realistic Fiction |
E.L. Konigsburg
Paperback | Pages: 176 pages Rating: 3.75 | 42443 Users | 2121 Reviews
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How has Mrs. Olinski chosen her sixth-grade Academic Bowl team? She had a number of answers. But were any of them true? How had she really chosen Noah and Nadia and Ethan and Julian? And why did they make such a good team? It was a surprise to a lot of people when Mrs. Olinski's team won the sixth-grade Academic Bowl contest at Epiphany Middle School. It was an even bigger surprise when they beat the seventh grade and the eighth grade, too. And when they went on to even greater victories, everyone began to ask: How did it happen?It happened at least partly because Noah had been the best man (quite by accident) at the wedding of Ethan's grandmother and Nadia's grandfather. It happened because Nadia discovered that she could not let a lot of baby turtles die. It happened when Ethan could not let Julian face disaster alone. And it happened because Julian valued something important in himself and saw in the other three something he also valued.
Mrs. Olinski, returning to teaching after having been injured in an automobile accident, found that her Academic Bowl team became her answer to finding confidence and success. What she did not know, at least at first, was that her team knew more than she did the answer to why they had been chosen.
This is a tale about a team, a class, a school, a series of contests and, set in the midst of this, four jewel-like short stories -- one for each of the team members -- that ask questions and demonstrate surprising answers.
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| Original Title: | The View from Saturday |
| ISBN: | 0689862210 (ISBN13: 9780689862212) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Noah Gershom |
| Literary Awards: | Newbery Medal (1997), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (1998) |
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Ratings: 3.75 From 42443 Users | 2121 ReviewsCommentary Regarding Books The View from Saturday
Her books are well written and teach such great lessons. Young and old can enjoy!From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler was one of my favorites when as a youngster; I know I read the book two or three times at least. So when Mom hijacked my library account (hi, Mom!) and put this one on hold for me, I was eager to read through another Newbury-award-winning novel by E.L. Konigsberg.Here's what I found on page one: "They called themselves The Souls. They told Mrs. Olinski that they were The Souls long before they were a team, but she told them that they were a
Jokes, courage, traditional tea, are elements I like here. Vaunted journeys not so much; I like lessons that sneak into our memories, not bonk on our beans. More for unusual strengths, less for political correctness, are crippled and foreign heroes. Our trivia knowledge is tested in text and "15 Questions" at end.Mrs Eva Marie Olinski, paraplegic Gr 6 teacher, forms trivia team "The Souls" who compete for state title in nail-biting finish that circles around to Lewis Carroll's Through the
I've got to stop listening to things on audio books. It makes it really hard to follow and this book has an inexplicably bizarre format. You start off in the state contest, which has answers that segway into long short stories so that you get to know the main characters. Then you deal with the teacher, then suddenly you're back in time at the first local contest and find out how the team came together in the first place, but with audio, you can't remember the name of the state contest and it
At first this book seemed to be a children's version of Slumdog Millionaire: Four kids take part in a quiz and beat everybody else although they are among the youngest competitors. As in Slumdog Millionaire nobody understands how they know all the answers. So little stories are told showing how they had all this knowledge.But this book soon takes a different turn. It is most of all the story of a wonderful friendship. I wish I had friends like these four kids!
As a testament to how awesome this book is, any time I carry it around the school, a bunch of kids will run up to me and say, "That book was so awesome! The answers are in the back" and then run away.
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