Young Llama Thoughts
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Adventurous
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Christian Friendly
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Easy Reading
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Humerous
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Youth Appropriate
Overall
Review
This is a wonderful book about trust, friendship and forgiveness for kids!!!! It’s clean, funny and such a well written novel.
This book is about 7 different students. From the funny kid, to the bully, to the shy girl; each of these kids have their friends and know their place in the school. But everything changes when Mr. Terupt, the new 5th grade teacher, starts showing them what a good teacher can do in their lives. But everything changes a snowy day in February….
This a wonderful moving book that kids would love to read! It has humor and a great focus on friendship. I love the different kids and their different issues, and how their teacher shows them how they can work together to become a wonderful team. Honestly this would be a great book for kids, families and classrooms to read together!
Now there are some dark topics in the book. Mention of split families, broken homes and such. Mention of pranks going wrong, people getting hurt and hospitals. There are kids in the book with learning difficulties that some children call “retards”. As well as a character in the book who’s only job was to supply blood and cells to their older sibling. (Which is really sad….)
Overall, though there are some sad topics this book is inspirational! I seriously think kids would love this book and should read it. It is a wonderful read and one I totally suggest!!! -The Young Llama Reader.
Pros
- A wonderful book about forgiveness!
- Great for kids 9 and up!!!
Cons
- Some dark topics mentioned…
Seven students are about to have their lives changed by one amazing teacher in this school story sequel filled with unique characters every reader can relate to.
It’s the start of a new year at Snow Hill School, and seven students find themselves thrown together in Mr. Terupt’s fifth grade class. There’s . . . Jessica, the new girl, smart and perceptive, who’s having a hard time fitting in; Alexia, a bully, your friend one second, your enemy the next; Peter, class prankster and troublemaker; Luke, the brain; Danielle, who never stands up for herself; shy Anna, whose home situation makes her an outcast; and Jeffrey, who hates school.
They don’t have much in common, and they’ve never gotten along. Not until a certain new teacher arrives and helps them to find strength inside themselves—and in each other. But when Mr. Terupt suffers a terrible accident, will his students be able to remember the lessons he taught them? Or will their lives go back to the way they were before—before fifth grade and before Mr. Terupt?
