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false <![CDATA[The School Story]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172975356m/235117.jpg 235117 11 Don't mess with Zee Zee Reisman from the Sherry Clutch Literary Agency. Especially when she's promoting the hot new novelist Cassandra Day. New York's publishing scene is familiar with tough players like Zee Zee, and impressed by the book she's pushing... but stunned when they find out Zee Zee and Cassandra are both 12-year-old girls. Zee Zee is really Zoe, fiercely loyal and self-assured best friend to Natalie Nelson, a.k.a. Cassandra Day. When Natalie writes a story, a really good story, Zoe is determined to let the whole world know. Using her formidable wits and all the resources available to a well-to-do New York City girl, Zoe, along with their timid English teacher, Ms. Clayton, proceeds to chip away at the challenge. The catch? The editor Natalie wants happens to be her own mother, an editor at Shipley Junior Books. But Natalie wants her authorship to remain a secret to her mom so that she'll get a fair shake. What ensues is a masterfully elaborate plot to get the manuscript in the right hands--and away from the arrogant, unfriendly editor in chief. A highly original plot with plenty of intriguing side stories makes this a thoroughly satisfying read, especially for future novelists, agents, and editors. The publishing world is explored in just enough detail to gently banish romantic notions, but not to quell enthusiasm. The subplot around Natalie's father, who died four years earlier, is an almost silent but strong undercurrent to the story. This graceful and enjoyable novel from Andrew Clements (the bestselling author of The Janitor's Boy, Frindle, and The Landry News) is illustrated with rather gloomy, yet strangely funny black-and-white drawings from Brian Selznick, the illustrator of Clements' Frindle and The Landry News. (Ages 8 to 12) --Emilie Coulter 6573246 2001 The School Story total:1582|5:642|4:530|3:315|2:74|1:21| 1582 6444 1842 202 3 3 false false Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 09:07:13 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 09:10:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 3 false false Thu Mar 13 15:14:34 -0700 2008 Sat May 10 10:18:08 -0700 2008 5 2 false false Fri May 09 15:25:52 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 15:28:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Jan 25 15:20:20 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 15:20:20 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 19:59:12 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 20 17:06:43 -0700 2007 5 2 false false Sun Jul 06 09:38:59 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 10:30:15 -0700 2008 3 5 1 false false Thu Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 11:01:20 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 11:04:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false true Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 20:27:37 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 28 21:06:25 -0700 2009 once more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Apr 06 17:19:25 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 17:55:30 -0700 2009 5 1 false false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 22:34:47 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 22:39:09 -0800 2009
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Sixth grader, Natalie Nelson, has written a school story and asks her friend Zoe Reisman to critique it....more...]]> 5 1 true false Tue Feb 03 06:55:27 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 06:59:11 -0800 2009 2
This book is about a girl named Natalie Nelson who oneday wrote a little piece of a school story book. Her mother, Hannah Nelson, and editor for books, had been extremely busy latel...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 19 18:20:29 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 18:22:33 -0700 2009 5 1 false false Mon Mar 02 06:12:28 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 06:16:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 17 16:38:02 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 16:39:28 -0700 2009 5 1 false false Fri Feb 27 14:28:12 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 14:31:42 -0800 2009 2 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Jan 21 14:16:49 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 14:36:43 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=235117