The Talent Show by Dan Gutman October 12, 2010
Posted by jcarlson in : Friendship Fiction, Realistic Fiction, School Fiction , trackback
Dan Gutman is one of my favorite children’s authors. I have read all of his books, and my two favorites are Getting Air and The Million Dollar Putt. Kids seem to really like The Homework Machine and the My Weird School series.
When I saw that Mr. Gutman had published a new book called The Talent Show, I had to read it. It takes place in Cape Bluff, Kansas. After a tornado, the town decides to have a talent show to raise money to help rebuild the school. The winner will get a Hummer. There are a lot of talented kids in Cape Bluff. But there are also a lot of kids with no talent. Who will win? Will it be Paul and his band who love to play rock and roll? Or Julia, a lovely ballet dancer? Perhaps it will be Elke who can sing like an angel or Richard who can rap like Eminem. Is it possible that drumming gorillas could win? Or the kid who pretends to be sizzling bacon? You’ll have to read this book to find out the winner.
~Mrs. Carlson~
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I wish I could write like you as Margaret Laurence once said “When I say “work” I only mean writing. Everything else is just odd jobs.”