Saturday, June 25, 2011

#81 - The View From Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg



1997 Medal Winner


"Meet the Souls:


Noah, who quite by accident was best man at the wedding of Ethan's grandmother and Nadia's grandfatherItalic


Nadia, a hybrid with a halo of red hair, a dog that's a genius, and a fondness for baby turtles


Ethan, the silent second son of one of Epiphany's oldest families, who discovers he likes halos


Julian, the strangest person on the school bus, who starts everything by inviting the others to a tea party


How did Mrs. Olinski, returning to teaching ten years after being paralyzed in an automobile accident, choose these four to be her sixth grade Academic Bowl team? And how did this unlikely foursome become even unlikelier champions, in far more than just the state middle school competition? The View From Saturday is a rich and rewarding journey that answers these questions and raises many more."


I really liked all the characters in this book; they were very colorful. The story was good, but the writing was rather disjointed. It didn't flow very well, in my opinion. I don't know, there was just something missing. I was a little disappointed because Konigsberg's From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler was one of my childhood favorites.

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