| Product Summary | | Format: Paperback | | ISBN: 9780689817212 | | Publisher: Aladdin Publishing Company | | Publish Date: 1/1/1998 | | Buy.com Sku: 30352896 | | Item#: RKPV77 | | Dimensions (in Inches) 7.75H x 5.25L x 0.5T |
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| | | | "Mrs. Eva Marie Olinski always gave good answers. Whenever she was asked how she had selected her team for the Academic Bowl, she chose one of several good answers. Most often she said that the four members of her team had skills that balanced one another. That was reasonable. Sometimes she said that she knew her team would practice. That was accurate. To the district superintendent of schools, she gave a bad answer, but she did that only once, only to him, and if that answer was not good, her reason for giving it was..." (from the first line) Did Mrs. Olinsky choose the four members of the sixth grade Academic Bowl Team, or did they choose her--and one another? Four stories-within-in-a-story, interspersed with the ongoing narrative of the team's triumphant march to the state championship, introduce each member of the team in his own her own voice, and bring the dynamics of the group into focus.
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Four unlikely students are selected by their teacher, Mrs. Olinski, to form the sixth grade team for their school's Academic Bowl. During a series of competitions, the individual talents of team members Noah, Ethan, Nadia, and Julian are used to propel the team to the state championship. Meanwhile, the team's success re-instills feelings of confidence and success to Mrs. Olinski, who has recently returned to teaching after being paralyzed in a car accident that killed her husband. Winner of the 1997 Newbery Medal.
| PraiseKirkus
"The large cast, looping plot line, and embedded stories with different narrators require careful sorting, but the effort is eminently worthwhile, and Konigsburg kindly provides answers at the end." 07/15/1996New York Times Book Review
"Some of us have already read every book E. L. Konigsburg ever wrote...but others are going to begin with this book and will probably find it hard to stop before going through the whole shelf. This constitutes nearly perfect praise." - Beth Gutcheon 11/10/1996 Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Konigsburg manages to be knowing without descending into smugness, funny but not foolish, and respectful of subject and reader." - Karen Stabiner 11/24/1996 |
| Author Bio| E. L. Konigsburg | | Elaine Loeb Konigsburg attended Carnegie-Mellon University where she majored in chemistry. After graduation she worked as a chemist and taught chemistry before becoming a mother and a full-time author. Her first two novels were both published in 1967--the first, JENNIFER, HECATE, MACBETH, WILLIAM, MCKINLEY, AND ME, ELIZABETH was named a Newbery Honor Book; the second, FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER won the Newbery Medal and continues to be a children's classic. She won the Newbery Medal again for her novel VIEW FROM SATURDAY. In addition to her work as an author, Konigsburg is also a painter; her artwork illustrates many of her novels. |
| Awards |
Newbery Medal (1997) |  | won, Children's | | |
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