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A great "growing up" story
The author does a great job in creating the time period and being true to the life of a seventh grader. I just love how grows in maturity and with his relationship with his teacher. It had to be scary knowing you were going to spend one-on-one time with your seventh grade teacher. While some behavior is not great the warm feeling overcome that.
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AGE
Read this before you are out of junior high!
Middle school and junior high students should love this book. I read it to my students every year and they are spellbound throughout. I've noticed many have improved their own writing as they pick up on the author's style. Schmidt does a great job of referencing Shakespear and atheletics.
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AGE
Tweens and Under
It's more for kid's age 8 to 12 but I read it, I liked it but also it's more of a book for boys then girls
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AGE
Read when you are in Middle School
I can relate to a lot of the stuff in this book because I am in Middle school. I think this is a great story, if you are mature enough to handle it and don't get bored easily.
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AGE
Boring...
I don't love it or hate it... BUT IT WAS BOOO-RING! The idea wasn't bad, but it's not a book I would choose, considering I had to read it for school. I am a Sisterhood of the Traveling pants and Harry Potter person. But this was just stupid. Sorry to Wednesday Wars fans!!!
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Kid, 10 years old
April 8, 2010
AGE
seventh grade troubles
great! it was interesting,had good and bad points,and many others. overall,it was good.
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Kid, 11 years old
August 4, 2011
AGE
A great book for all ages, but badly written
I really enjoyed this book because it is good for all ages. You can definitely relate to this book if you are in or going into seventh grade. This book had laughs at parts, and was very enjoyable. I noticed that through out the book that it had stuff have as "coincidence", but really Schmidt needed something to have an excuse for adding something else. For example, the baker says, " you never meet a boy who knows about shakespeare." "Coincidentally", the main character knows about shakespeare and goes in a play. The book would have been completely different without a play. But, if you were alive during the Vietnam war, you can definitely relate.
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AGE
I didnt like it
My daughter found it dry and not a good read.
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AGE
An Okay Book
I think that it is a great idea but horribly written. It is interesting but it skips a lot. The rats are a bit freaky but other than that there isn't anything that scary. It has a little bit of Shakespeare in it but it mainly only focuses on the "curses" that aren't bad at all.
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AGE
Great Review!
it is a very good book- for people SEVENTH grade and older! They do make A BUNCH of references to Shakespear while if you are reading in, like, fourth grade, you wouldn't understand. They do make references about "killing Holling if he didn't bring cream puffs", "knowing where he lived", and all about the war going on in the 70's, flower children, and hippies. So if you are 12,older, or in junior high, this is a MUST READ, but if you are 10 or under, it's best you find a new book.
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AGE
Great book for tweens
I've read this book and it's really good. It has great dialogue, well-developed and relatable characters, and a great plot. It has little content inappropriate for tween readers and has a positive message about caring for friends and family. OK for kids 11+. Violence: Mentioning of the shooting deaths of Martin Luthor King, Jr. and John Kennedy. Lots of discussion of a war taking place as a backdrop to the plot. A student falls off a bus while riding it and Holling is hit by a bus, but nobody's seriously hurt. Older students are shown bullying others, and hurts Doug during a marathon. Mrs. Baker's husband is mentioned to have gone missing, but is later found unhurt. Consumerism: Mentioning of Twinkies, Coke, and a Ford Mustang. Drinking: Middle schoolers smoke in a school bathroom.
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Kid, 11 years old
February 4, 2012
AGE
Boring as boring gets
AWFUL BOOK! Don't read unless you like to be bored out of your mind!
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AGE
The great book!
I really like this book! I tried to read it 2 or 3 times before but could never get into it. I had to read it for book club and ended up really enjoying it. It is very realistic and very funny at the same time. It is very good for people starting middle school but i think little kids would like it too.
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AGE
So so book
It was a soso book but did i like it? Yes, but there is smoking and a lot of violence in it.
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