The Class, Frances ORoark Dowell
The Class, Frances ORoark Dowell
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The Class

Author: Frances O'Roark Dowell

Narrator: Keylor Leigh

Unabridged: 5 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/06/2020

Synopsis

"A complex, thought-provoking, and entertaining view of middle school." --Publishers Weekly

Twenty kids. Twenty points of view. One rambunctious, brilliantly conceived novel that corrals the seeming chaos (c'mon, TWENTY points of view!) into one effervescent story.

Sixth grade is a MOST confusing time. Best friends aren't friends anymore. Worst enemies suddenly want to be partners in crime. And classmates you thought you knew have all sorts of surprising stuff going on. The kids in Mrs. Herrera's class are dealing with all this and more--specifically:

1. There's a new girl who just seems to be spying on them all and scribbling things in a notebook. Maybe she IS a spy?
2. Someone is stealing Mrs. Herrera's most treasured items.
3. Their old classmate, Sam, keeps showing up and no one knows why...until they do.

Which leads to a fourth problem. But we can't tell you about that yet. The twenty kids in Mrs. Herrera's classroom can, though, and they do.

Every. Single. One. Of. Them.

About Frances O'Roark Dowell

Frances O’Roark Dowell is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Dovey Coe, which won the Edgar Award and the William Allen White Award; Where I’d Like to Be; The Secret Language of Girls and its sequels The Kind of Friends We Used to Be and The Sound of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away; Chicken Boy; Shooting the Moon, which was awarded the Christopher Award; the Phineas L. MacGuire series; Falling In; The Second Life of Abigail Walker, which received three starred reviews; Anybody Shining; Ten Miles Past Normal; Trouble the Water; the Sam the Man series; The Class; How to Build a Story; and most recently, Hazard. She lives with her family in Durham, North Carolina. Connect with Frances online at FrancesDowell.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by DaNae on November 03, 2019

I enjoyed this book so much. Before I began I worried it wouldn't work for me. The concept of so many points of view left me wondering if connections to any of the characters would be made. And at heart, I'm a character driven reader. Dowell nailed the shifting friendship and identities of sixth gra......more

Goodreads review by T.J. on August 24, 2021

In The Class we get, not one, not two, but twenty perspectives -- namely those of the whole class! This book motivated my 12-year-old to take pen to paper and write a highly entertaining story about her own class. Putting herself into the shoes of each member of her class was an ambitious task, but......more

Goodreads review by Laura on July 31, 2020

Another one from the backlist -- this one was entertaining and so true to life! 4/5 for The Class by @francesdowellbooks . . . GIve this one to kids who love multiple perspectives (20!), classroom drama (great readalike to Mr. Terupt series), and/or fun, fast-paced reads. . . . The 6th graders in Mrs. Herre......more

Goodreads review by Leonard on November 30, 2019

There was a Breakfast Club-style book a while back where I noted how hard it was to do this kind of book well, but maybe John David Anderson should give it a try. I should have said Frances O’Roark Dowell (though technically this is not a Breakfast Club setup.) Dowell is a writer of uncommon percept......more

Goodreads review by Theresa on April 30, 2019

Thanks to Edelweiss Plus for an ARC of this book. I totally and completely LOVED this book! Distinct and unique with each chapter told from the perspective of a different student in one class. I would love to see how the author planned this one ahead of time! Every person that reads this book with id......more

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