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Underrated Books Part 16

 As promised, here are more books I read that need more love online.  You can always click here to go to the navigation page of my site and see all the previous parts you missed!  You can also click the titles to see more about the books on Goodreads. 1. The Report Card by Andrew Clements --a semi-humorous story a girl named Nora who doesn't want anyone knowing she's actually a genius, and she doesn't want to be defined by her grades at school 2. Unfamiliar by Haley Newsome (and it's sequel!) --a delightful comic duology about a witch, her new friends and their misadventures. 3. Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix --a feminist retelling of Cinderella, where Ella realizes she doesn't actually like the prince and life in the palace and makes a plan to escape. 4. Cupcake Diaries by Coco Simon --a 34 book series of a group of friends, their cupcake business, and dealing with other middle school shenanigans. 

No Talking by Andrew Clements Review

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    My third Andrew Clements book! The first two I read were Frindle and The Report Card back when I was a kid. Then I reread them a few years ago and loved them the same. I did try reading Lunch Money about a year or so ago, but DNF'd it. But I read this one in its entirety and really liked it! No Talking is about Dave and Lynsey--two fifth graders who annoy each other a lot. Their fifth grade class is notorious for being unable to stop talking. So much so that their group has been nicknamed "The Unshushables". After embarassing Lynsey in class for not properly doing an oral report, Dave makes a bet that the girls probably can't go a long time without talking. Lynsey bets that the boys can't go a long time without talking either. Dave gets all of the boys on his side, and Lynsey all of the girls. Pretty soon their social experiment of not talking and communicating with few words possible extends to the whole fifth grade! It weirds out the teachers--but prett...