There is a nice build up of tension and suspense. There is an innocence to the class, so it is appropriate that the teacher survives. The accident itself is not a surprise ( it is referenced on the cover), but the teachers’ survival is not immediately clear. He throws a snowball that injures the teacher, who ends up in a coma. One of the students is the class clown, goofing around and causing trouble. Throughout the course of the book, they grow, learn how to resolve their difficulties, and learn that they are each part of a whole – the classroom and humanity itself. Each of the seven has problems at home or in the classroom. Their voices are unique, so it is easy to tell them apart. The students narrate alternating chapters of the book. The book focuses on 7 of the kids in the class. Terupt is the new teacher for a class of new fifth graders. Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young ReadersĬurriculum Framework: Mathematics, English
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