No Talking

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.

This was better than I thought it was going to be. Yes, it was a kids book. But it had some pretty fun things about learning to communicate, to accept others, to work together, to admit when you're wrong....and it wasn't just the kids in the story learning. I really liked some of the ideas about word......more

(Reread) Fun book! Still one of my favorite Andrew Clements books.......more

English 6(1) Good Reads #2 Kristen Mitri No Talking is an exciting novel written by Andrew Clements.This story takes place in Laketon Elementary when the main character, Dave Packer lives with his family.The story begins when Dave is trying to stay quiet for the whole day because of a book he read abou......more

I read this book to my niece and between the two of us we giggled uncontrollably. I don't think I could go 5 minutes without talking let alone 48 hours. It was an interesting concept on a historical person and how they can affect people. It made my niece and I wonder how we would do without talking.......more