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Sixth Grade Secrets is a novel by Louis Sachar that follows sixth-grader Laura Sibbie and her friends as they create a secret club in violation of school rules. Laura aspires to be a leader and learns the three Rs of what leadership can entail – Relationships, Rivalries and Responsibility.
Gary Boone (who calls himself "Goon") is the self-proclaimed clown of his seventh-grade class. He never stops joking, despite the fact that nobody laughs much, and he has no real friends at school. Entering a talent contest as a stand-up comedian forces him to look more closely at the effect his humor has on others and on himself.
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life is a realistic fiction novel by James Patterson that serves as the beginning of Patterson's Middle School series. [1] Published in the United States by Little, Brown and Company on June 27, 2011, the book follows sixth grader Rafe Khatchadorian as he begins middle school and copes with the awkwardness of adolescence, "crushes, bullying, family issues ...
Unlike her mother and sister, Cassidy is a tomboy who plays ice hockey, and despite not being nearly as interested in boys as the rest of the book club, gets together with both Zach Norton and Simon's brother Tristan Berkeley over the course of the series. The first book in the series, The Mother-Daughter Book Club, centers around her. [6] [5]
It is often simply called a book club, a term that may cause confusion with a book sales club. Other terms include reading group , book group , and book discussion group . Book discussion clubs may meet in private homes, libraries , bookstores , online forums, pubs, and cafés, or restaurants, sometimes over meals or drinks.
Don't Give Up, Mallory (May 1997) - Mallory's dream class turns into a disappointment when her teacher favors the boys. Mary Anne to the Rescue (June 1997) - Mary Anne's life becomes hectic when The Baby-Sitters Club members participate in a first aid class and Logan's parents decide to send him to boarding school.
The two's "rivalry" began when Artur beat him in chess and knocked him down to the second-best chess player in the chess club. Principal Wesley Nichols - Nate's school principal. In the book, he gives Nate detention for wasting lunch servings of green beans by spitting them out and making Nichols slip on them.
Critics appreciated Cleary's humor, characterization and realistic plot, as seen in this review. "Beverly Cleary continues to provide a measure of relief from the suffocating flood of books about unreal talking animals and stock characters in the way of dogs and ponies and horses -- for her cast of characters can be matched in any average town and recognized as the children `round the block...