Class Play

The Kids in Ms. Colman's Class #3

by Ann M. Martin, Charles Tang (Illustrator)

Ms. Colman's class puts on a production of Alice in Wonderland, and Leslie must cope with her own disappointment when Karen Brewer gets the lead role. Original.

Genres: Childrens

81 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Ann Matthews Martin was born on August 12, 1955. She grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, with her parents and her younger sister, Jane. After graduating from Smith College, Ann became a teacher and then an editor of children's books. She's now a full-time writer.

Ann gets the ideas for her books from many different places. Some are based on personal experiences, while others are based on childhood memories and feelings. Many are written about contemporary problems or events. All of Ann's characters, even the members of the Baby-sitters Club, are made up. But many of her characters are based on real people. Sometimes Ann names her characters after people she knows, and other times she simply chooses names that she likes.

Ann has always enjoyed writing. Even before she was old enough to write, she would dictate stories to her mother to write down for her. Some of her favorite authors at that time were Lewis Carroll, P. L. Travers, Hugh Lofting, Astrid Lindgren, and Roald Dahl. They inspired her to become a writer herself.

Since ending the BSC series in 2000, Ann’s writing has concentrated on single novels, many of which are set in the 1960s.

After living in New York City for many years, Ann moved to the Hudson Valley in upstate New York where she now lives with her dog, Sadie, and her cats, Gussie, Willy and Woody. Her hobbies are reading, sewing, and needlework. Her favorite thing to do is to make clothes for children.

http://us.macmillan.com/author/annmma...

Reviews

[Leigh · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm a far too old to enjoy these but this one gets four stars just for Leslie being one of the only smart characters in this BSC Stoneybrook world who sees Karen Brewer for the sociopathic monster she is. The class is putting on a play Alice in Wonderland and Karen gets the role of Alice because of course she does. Leslie is ticked and does whatever she can to sabotage the play and get the part of Alice fie herself even risking losing her good friend Jannie. Seriously Hannie and Jannie? In the same class. Poor Ms Colman trying to get these kids names. Of course it all works out in the end and I have found my favourite character in Stoneybrook. Anyone who hates Karen is okay by me. She's the worst.

[Christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another good book in this series.

[Deborah Harris]

AR Quiz No. 144693 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: LG - BL: 3.0 - AR Pts: 1.0
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP