We love the 7 students who wrote the book. I ended up reading them the entire book on the car ride home and they LOVED it! So this review is partially mine and partially from my 8 and 10 year old daughters. I plowed through most of it in a few hours, then as we began our 11 hour car ride home, I began rereading it aloud to my family. Towards the end of our trip, I ran out of reading material and since my daughter hadn't started the book yet, I went ahead and picked it up. I even thought maybe I'd read it with her and we could talk about it. I thought my daughter, who is going into the 5th Grade might enjoy it. I picked this book up due to a review from a friend (thanks Melissa!). There's the all important message, but the writing was prosaic at best. I've read some gorgeous books for young readers, but this one seemed trite and expected. My daughter would give this book 5 stars. Everyone grows as a person, and we learn a lot about forgiveness. There's a twist (that any adult should be able to see miles away), which ends in a tragedy. The story is about a fifth grade teacher and seven students who tell us a lot about him by showing us how he treats them. It doesn't have enough emotional depth to appeal to teenagers. I went through a YA reading phase a while back, but this isn't quite YA. I couldn't say no, so I plowed through this very easy read (aimed at 10 to 13 year olds) this morning. ohmygod, there was the fat girl, but she was so nice and this really stupid popular girl who wore a lot of lip gloss, and a new girl, and a smart boy, BUT. You know? Like, what you do affects others. And there are consequences to our actions. Last night, my 11-year-old daughter ran into my room sobbing and clutching this book. Every teacher, every kids, everyone who loves should read this book.

I can't shout if from the rooftops loud enough.ġ0. I was just so inspired by everything about this book. This book will be a classic just like the ones mentioned.ĩ. I love that there are other books mentioned in this one so that kids can go back and read those, too, if they want. I made this book a summer reading give away book for 30 kids before I ever read the book. Terupt as a narrator and just let the kids learn and discover life on their own.ħ. I think the Rob Buyea was so smart not to include Mr. I felt emotions so much harder because of the different perspectives of character. I fell in love with every single character.Ħ.

I am a teen librarian and it made me want to be better and to love those kids harder than I already do.ĥ. My husband is a math teacher and when I told him about the dollar words, he immediately integrated that into his lessons for the year.Ĥ. It made me cry, it made me think, it made me hopeful, it challenged me, it made me want to be a better educator.ģ. This is hands down one of my favorite books of all time.Ģ.

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