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Holt, K.A. BENBEE AND THE TEACHER GRIEFER San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2020 IL 3-6 ISBN: 978 -1452182513. |
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For Ben Bellows and his three fellow classmates, nothing could be worse than having to spend time in summer school – and all because they didn’t pass the language arts section of the “FARTS” (The Florida Rigorous Academic Assessment Test). As their new teacher, Ms. J, soon finds out, each student will go to great lengths not to have to read aloud in class (one tries to flush her book down the toilet!). The kids make a deal with Ms. J that for every minute they read aloud, she will let them play their favorite online video game, Sandbox. When the school administration hears of this unorthodox plan, Ben B and his classmates have to work together to save their teacher’s job. (Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, 2022) |
| SUBJECTS: Novels in verse. Schools -- Juvenile fiction. Summer -- Juvenile fiction. Reading -- Juvenile fiction. Teachers -- Juvenile fiction. Video games -- Juvenile fiction. |
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