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KNOW-IT-ALL
Jake Drake is excited about Despres Elementary School's first science fair. He wants to win the grand prize: a brand-new Hyper-Cross-Functional Bluntium Twelve computer system. And he really wants to beat the third-grade know-it-alls, Marsha McCall and Kevin Young.
The trouble is, to beat the know-it-alls, Jake has to become a know-it-all himself. And he may just lose more than he wins.
作者简介 Andrew Clements is the multifaceted author of picture books, including Big Al, and three other novels about school life, Frindle, The Landry News, and The Janitor's Boy. Frindle won the Christopher Award and has appeared on more than thirty-five state award lists. Mr. Clements taught in the public schools near Chicago for seven years before moving east to begin a career in publishing. Now a full-time writer, he lives in central Massachusetts with his wife and their four children. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
专业书评 From School Library Journal
Grade 2-4-Fourth-grader Jake Drake looks back on his third-grade science-fair project. Sure, he learned a lot about electromagnets, but he learned even more about the pitfalls of being a know-it-all. It all started when his principal announced the school's first-ever science fair. The plot thickened when a local businessman announced that a computer would be the grand prize. A self-described computer nut, Jake refused to work with his best friend because he didn't want to share the prize. Finally, it came to him that his single-mindedness was turning him into a person he didn't like, and his project wasn't fun. Even though he and his partner took second prize, and thus no computer, Jake valued the experience. He sounds like a regular fourth grader as he describes his teachers and classmates. But he also digs deep to reveal the character-building lessons in everyday events. Full-page, black-and-white drawings show the competitive classmates as they work toward winning the great prize. A cut above the usual beginning chapter book because of its depth, this realistic plot and Jake's personality will seal the deal with transitional readers.
Pat Leach, Lincoln City Libraries, NE
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
Gr. 3-5. From the ripe perspective of fourth grade, Jake recalls a third-grade science fair contest in which he competed to win a new, flashy computer and free Internet service. The contest puts Jake in direct competition with class "know-it-alls" Marsha and Kevin. Obsessed by the prize, Jake shrugs off friend Willie and becomes as mean and sneaky as Marsha and Kevin. When that realization strikes, Jake wants to quit, but instead he hooks up with Willie and learns, "when you have a partner to work with, and it's a good partner, everything is more fun." The contest results are surprising and satisfying. Each chapter has one full-page pen-and-ink sketch to break the text, but the art adds little character. Clements portrays a common, annoying classroom situation, resolves it in an upbeat way, and inserts a little practical advice. Jake's direct informal narration will engage chapter- book readers who will relate to his predicaments. Linda Perkins
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
"A cut above the usual beginning chapter book."
-- School Library Journal
