The Class

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Twenty Kids. Twenty points of view. One rambunctious, brilliantly conceived novel that corrals the seeming chaos (cmon, TWENTY points of view!) into one effervescent story.

Sixth grade is a MOST confusing time. Best friends arent friends anymore. Worst enemies suddenly want to be partners in crime. And classmates you thought you knew have all sorts of surprising stuff going on. The kids in Mrs. Herreras class are dealing with all these things and morespecifically, three more:

1. Theres a new girl who just seems to be spying on them all and scribbling things in a notebook. Maybe she IS a spy
2. Someone is stealing all of Mrs. Herreras most treasured items.
3. Their old classmate, Sam, keeps showing up and no one knows whyuntil they do.

Which leads to a fourth problem. But we cant tell you about that yet. The twenty kids in Mrs. Herreras classroom can, though, and they do.

Every. Single. One. Of. Them.

Reviews

"Acomplex, thought-provoking, and entertaining view of middle school." -- Publishers Weekly
*"Amust for every sixth-grade classroom library." -- Booklist, starred review
"Afeel-good book about being good." -- School Library Journal

Author Bio

Frances ORoark Dowell is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author ofDovey Coe, which won the Edgar Award and the William Allen White Award;Where Id Like to Be;The Secret Language of Girlsand its sequelsThe Kind of Friends We Used to BeandThe Sound of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away;Chicken Boy;Shooting the Moon, which was awarded the Christopher Award; the Phineas L. MacGuire series;Falling In;The Second Life of Abigail Walker, which received three starred reviews;Anybody Shining;Ten Miles Past Normal;Trouble the Water; the Sam the Man series;The Class;How to Build a Story; and most recently,Hazard. She lives with her family in Durham, North Carolina. Connect with Frances online at FrancesDowell.com.