Wednesday, August 29, 2012

The Case of the Class Clown (NOVEL)


The Case of the Class Clown 



Title: The Case of the Class Clown
Author: James Preller
Illustrator: Jamie Smith 
Cover Illustrator: R.W. Alley 
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.


I think this book was an interesting and funny book. The story atarts off with Athena Lorenzo meeting Jigsaw at his tree house, asking him to solve a case for her. I like this part because she comparing themseves to the pig and the big bad wolf. Athena being the big bad wolf and him being the little pig. This is a text to self connection.
The author in this book uses alot of descriptive words and visual clues(you just have to look for them).
I was so into this book that I couldn't stop reading it! I was hypnotized to see the ending. The suspense was killing me! When I got to the end. I was really surprised how all the characters reacted. My favorite part was when they started to lick socks to find out if the slime was really slime or not. I like this part because with stuff like that at the beginning I knew it was gonna be a good book.  But you'll have to read it to find out for yourself! There was actually a lot of surprises in this book so get your detective caps on, and read, read away!

I think as a educator that students of all ages would love to hear this as a read aloud. So many unpredictable things happen in this book. If you add in the right monotone and intonation this could keep your students interested for a while.





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