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Rent No Talking
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Format: Quality Paperback, Unabridged-CD
Publisher: Atheneum Books
Published: Jun 2009
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - School & Education
Retail Price: $7.99
Ages: 08 - 12 Pages: 146
Synopsis
It's boys vs. girls when the noisiest, most talkative, and most competitive fifth graders in history challenge one another to see who can go longer without talking. Teachers and school administrators are in an uproar, until an innovative teacher sees how the kids' experiment can provide a terrific and unique lesson in communication. In No Talking, Andrew Clements portrays a battle of wills between some spunky kids and a creative teacher with the perfect pitch for elementary school life that made Frindle an instant classic.
Reviews
For better or for worse, this is standard Clements. The children are smart and mostly reasonable the adults are not entirely flawed and foolish, but in need a little enlightenment from the children. Youthful competition is present, which has surfaced before in other Clements works. If you like Clements you'll like this.