No Talking, Andrew Clements
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No Talking

Narrator: Keith Nobbs

Unabridged: 2 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/26/2007


Synopsis

"You have the right to remain silent." However... The fifth-grade girls and the fifth-grade boys at Laketon Elementary don't get along very well. But the real problem is that these kids are loud and disorderly. That's why the principal uses her red plastic bullhorn. A lot. Then one day Dave Packer, a certified loudmouth, bumps into an idea -- a big one that makes him try to keep quiet for a whole day. But what does Dave hear during lunch? A girl, Lynsey Burges, jabbering away. So Dave breaks his silence and lobs an insult. And those words spark a contest: Which team can say the fewest words during two whole days? And it's the boys against the girls. How do the teachers react to the silence? What happens when the principal feels she's losing control? And will Dave and Lynsey plunge the whole school into chaos? This funny and surprising audiobook is about language and thought, about words unspoken, words spoken in anger, and especially about the power of words spoken in kindness...with or without a bullhorn. It's Andrew Clements at his best -- thought-provoking, true-to-life, and very entertaining.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Lisa the Librarian on 2008-05-09 23:43:13

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.