The View From Saturday

I read the book The View From Saturday. This books starts off talking about how these 6th grade kids are in Academic Bowl; which is a competition. They are competing with 7th and 8th graders. This is because they are really good. The next little section of the book tells a story about a boy who had to fill in for the groomsman. The groomsman fell over a wagon and hurt his foot. So they boy gets ready, makes a shirt that looks like a tux, and is in the wedding. He gives away a couple of prizes because he messed up some wedding invitations. The next story is about a girl whose parents get divorced. So she lives with her mom, and over the summer she goes to visit her dad for a month. She meets her new grandmother and her grandson. They go swimming and they help out turtles that might die if their nests don’t get moved. They save many turtle’s lives. Then the stories go back and forth. If you want to know more, you should read this book.

I thought this book was alright, although some parts were confusing because you had to fallow each of the stories. The book is interesting though, and if you like realistic stories, then I think you will like this one. You can always give it a chance, and if you don’t like it then you just wasted a little bit of time, because this book is pretty short. (Only 160 pages.)

I liked how each of the characters were different in there own way and had a different attitude to their situation. Also the stories were pretty cool because they all some how connected with each other. The theme was pretty hard to find, but I think that it is “Make the best out of things, because you never know what’s going to happen next.”

I hope this helped you to decide if you would be interested or not in the book. If you are go to your local library, pick it up, and give it a try!

Allyssa