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| Title:
The School Story |
| Author:
Andrew Clements |
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Reviewer:
Kelli
S. '12
School Story
is about a girl named, Natalie, and her best friend, Zoe.
Natalie has just written a novel, and Zoe thinks that it is
good enough to be published. Natalie doesn't think that it
is that good, but goes along with Zoe's plan to try to get
it published. Zoe, a.k.a. Zee Zee, calls the publishing company
anyway acting as Natalie's agent. Natalie's mom works at that
publishing company, and is going to edit Natalie's book! Natalie's
mom doesn't know that the book is Natalie's, because she signed
the script under a pen name, Cassandra Day. Will Natalie's
mom find out that she wrote it? Will Natalie's book get published?
Spring 2005 |
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Reviewer:
Hannah
R. '12
Natalie is a girl
going into sixth grade who wants to be an author. She wrote
a story. Her Mom thought it was magnificent, but she wasn't
sure if it was good enough to be published. Zoe, her best
friend, offered to pretend she was an editor and helped her
to get her story together to be published.
If you are interested
in writing, you'll really enjoy reading this story. This is
a great story about friends getting along and helping each
other.
Fall 2004 |
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Reviewer:
Chanda
P. '11
Natalie has written
a small novel and asks her friend Zoe to read it. Zoe thinks
that Natalie's book should be published. Natalie wonders how
a twelve-year-old girl can publish a book. Natalie's mother
is a big children's book publisher but Natalie does not want
any help. Zoe soon comes up with a brilliant plan. Natalie
can submit her story under a pen name and Zoe will act as
her literary agent; she's always wanted to do that. Zoe and
Natalie decide to get some help from their new English teacher
who turns out to be a great help. The two of them find it
not the easiest thing in the world to act as adults and have
school at times when adults are known to try and contact each
other. The best novel in the world may be in their hands,
but can they pull it off without being found out.
Fall 2003 |
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Reviewer:
Annie
W. '10
The
School Story is about a 12 year old girl named Natalie
Nelson whose mom is an editor for a publishing company. Natalie
is a born writer, and when she shows a manuscript to her best
friend, Zoe, Zoe pushes her to get it published. She loves
the novel called, The Cheater, but Natalie isn't
sure if it's good enough. Besides, she doesn't want any special
favors from her mom. Natalie adopts a pseudonym and Zoe becomes
"Zee Zee Reisman", an agent at the "Sherry
Clutch Literary Agency." Together, they work to
get it in the hands of Natalie's mom. This is a great book
because you can relate to the story and the characters. Zoe
and Natalie teach us that if you work hard enough, you can
accomplish anything.
Spring 2003 |
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| Reviewer:
Lea T. '10
Natalie is an amazing author
and her friend Zoe decides that she should publish one of
her newest books and it just so happens that her mom's a publisher.
But Natalie is only in the 5th grade. How would she get
someone to publish one of her books? Does Natalie get her
book published? Will her mom find out? Find out by reading
The School Story by Andrew Clements.
Winter 2002/2003 |
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The School Story is a
story about a girl named Natalie, who lives in New York City
with her mom. Her mom works at a children's books publisher
called Junior Books. When Natalie's best friend, Zoe, reads
Natalie's first novel, she thinks that it is good enough to
get published. Soon, Natalie takes a pen name, and Zoe
becomes her agent.
I really like the books
that Andrew Clements writes. My favorite is Frindle.
I think that the main reason that I like his books so much
is because they always have happy endings, and I like happy
endings. The School Story does have a happy ending,
but there are a lot of problems along the way. I would recommend
this book for girls or boys.
Winter 2002/2003 |
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| Reviewer:
Anna F-M.'10
I read School Story by Andrew Clements. It's
about a girl who has written a story and wants to get it published,
and her mom just happens to be an editor. Natalie and
her friend, Zoe, are trying to do everything and anything
to get Natalies' book published. There are a few problems.
1. Natalie and Zoe have to get the book
to her mom without letting her mom know that Natalie wrote
it.
2. Natalie has to get an agent to get
her book published and that is usually very difficult and
costs a lot of money.
3. How does Natalie know if her story
is even good enough to send in to a publisher?
To find out if Natalies' story gets published
or not read this book.
WARNING!
Don't read it towards bed
time because you'll be staying up all night long.
Fall 2002 |
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| Reviewer:
Alec
L.'10
The School Story by Andrew Clements, is a book about
two girls, Natalie and Zoe. It is set during the school year,
and Natalie Nelson, and Zoe Riesman want to publish Natalie's
book, The Cheater. But how can two sixth grade girls
get their book published? Even if the book is a school story,
the # 1 rated subject of best selling books, it's pretty hard,
don't you think? If you want to find out what happens,
read this book.
This is a really great book, one of my
favorites, for several reasons. First of all, it is written
by an author I like, Andrew Clements. He is also the author
of Frindle, another
awesome book. It also teaches how hard you have to work to
get a book published. Finally, I like this book because
it is about books and I like to read!
Fall 2002 |
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