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| Title | : | Story Time |
| Author | : | Edward Bloor |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 444 pages |
| Published | : | August 1st 2005 by HMH Books for Young Readers (first published October 1st 2001) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Fantasy. Fiction. Mystery |
Edward Bloor
Paperback | Pages: 444 pages Rating: 3.49 | 1122 Users | 137 Reviews
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George and Kate are promised the finest education when they transfer to the Whittaker Magnet School. It boasts the highest test scores in the nation. But at what price? Their school's curriculum is focused on beating standardized tests; classes are held in dreary, windowless rooms; and students are force-fed noxious protein shakes to improve their test performance. Worst of all, there seems to be a demon loose in the building, one whose murderous work has only just begun.
A bitterly funny satire about the state of modern education from the author of Tangerine and Crusader.
Includes a reader's guide and an author's note.
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| Original Title: | Story Time |
| ISBN: | 0152052224 (ISBN13: 9780152052225) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.49 From 1122 Users | 137 ReviewsJudgment About Books Story Time
Quick, entertaining read, but I much preferred the school satire (spot on, sadly) to the ghost story (too gruesome for me). A few too many loose ends for me as well. But I am interested in reading the author's other, more school-focused novels (that he mentions in the author's note). 2.5 stars.They say to never judge a book by its cover, and let me say that is 100% true. Back in middle or elementary school I had asked my mom to buy this book for me mainly because the cover had a little demon on it. I was starting to get into horror and the description made it sound like a couple of kids had to deal with a mischievous demon running amuck. Let me also tell you, that is far from what happens. All I can say now is, thank goodness its taken me this long to read it, because I would have
This book is labeled as YA but for all intents and purposes, I rate it YA and up. I loved this book. The characters were new and contemporary. Kate is two years older than her Uncle George who is a genius. There is a demon or two that lives inside books at the state of the art school that only takes in those with the highest intelligence (of course, Kate is forced to go since she happens to live with her genius uncle). This book is filled with Adult vs. Child shenanigans and has a nice tidy
I loved this. Part ghost-story, part satire, a good story that makes it's point without losing the elements of good storytelling.If you have a child in public school, you are familiar with the horror that the "Test Based Curriculum." You know, "teaching to the test", meaning standardized testing? Designed by androids whose only desire is to suck every scrap of joy and wonder out of learning, this unmitigated crap is the current standard here in the good old US of A. (Thanks Bush. Don't let the
I found this book at a thrift shop. It was signed by the author. I had never heard of him but I was intrigued by the story line about a school that was run on a test based curriculum. I thought it might be an interesting commentary on today's education system. I was disappointed that the test based curriculum really was not a major part of the plot. Instead, to book was more of a dark look into how an evil family took over a school and made the lives of the kids there miserable in many ways. The
I loved this book. It was such an interesting look at schools and testing. It had so many running references: Peter Pan, the mutant octopus-shaped school district, clogging, Pogo's quote-talking, and best of all, Andrew Carnegie.My favorite passage:Whit then resumed. He pointed behind the audience to the entryway. "A brief history lesson: Andrew Carnegie, the nineteenth-century robber baron, near the end of his life, decided to build a series of public libraries as public monuments to himself."
Author: Edward BloorRating: 4/5When George and Kate gets letters of admission from Whittaker Magnet School, George is thrilled and Kate, devastated. Whittaker boasts the highest standardised test scores and the finest education in all of America, if not the world. But at a great price.Spoilers ahead.Plot and Pacing: Story Time is a satire about the importance we place on standardised testing (such as the PSAT and SAT). On the surface, the plot may seem to be about demons hiding in books, aching
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