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The School Story by Andrew Clements March 24, 2009

Posted by jcarlson in : Realistic Fiction , trackback

This book is about a girl named Natalie and her best friend, Zoe.  Zoe insists that Natalie’s book is good enough to get published, but how does a 6th grader get published?  Well, it actually turns out that Natalie’s mom works for a publishing company.  Still Natalie is only 12.  She can’t get a book published.  So Natalie and Zoe go to their writing teacher, Ms. Clayton, for help, and they start a publishing club.  Now that Natalie and Zoe have a teacher for help they think that’s all they need for Natalie’s book to get published, but it’s not.  Ms. Clayton has read Natalie’s book, and she also thinks that Natalie’s book is good enough to get published.  Natalie doesn’t want to become famous, so she comes up with a pen name so her mom and everybody else that reads the book doesn’t know that Natalie wrote it.  Her pen name is Cassandra Day.  After a few days, Natalie and Ms. Clayton finally send the book to Natalie’s mom’s office.  The next night Natalie’s mom comes home and says to Natalie that she loves the book that Cassandra Day wrote and that all she needs to get the book published is a lawyer and an agent.  Will Natalie get a lawyer and an agent?  But more importantly, will Natalie get the book published and will her mom find out that her daughter is Cassandra Day?  You’ll just have to read the book to find out!

~Jillian, Fourth Grader~

Comments»

1. Anonymous - April 1, 2009

I like all of Andrew Clements books. They always have characters who seem like people I know. That’s what make them realistic for me!
~Mrs. Carlson~

2. Maria 5th, grader - August 26, 2009

This book was really good because it had a lot of schemes in it. I would recomend it to other people

3. Allie 5th grade - February 23, 2010

I loved the way you wrote this review. This book was truly amazing. I would recommend it to others to read.

4. Anonymous - March 2, 2010

i loved this book!
it was so good i couldnt put it down
i think this book was intresting because every now an then theres a part were you just cant stop reading!

5. Elizaeth - May 30, 2011

I had read the book and just have a hard time thinking…but you did a great job writing this