Status Updates From The View From Saturday

Julian Singh knows Hamilton Knapp is trouble. He bullied him relentlessly, but isn't limited to bullying Julian, but he tries to bully their teacher Mrs. Olinski too. When he overhears Ham talking about how to drug Nadia's dog so that she can't perform in the play, Julian stops it from happening, even after finding out that the understudy is performing

Ethan Potter gets invited to a secret tea party by his bus seatmate, Julian Singh, who also invites Noah and Nadia using a series of clever clues. They then start meeting up every Saturday to hang out and do fun things together in the Singhs' new B-and-B

Nadia Diamondstein's grandfather was the groom in the wedding Noah was the best man for. Her parents got divorced and she had to stay with her dad while her grandfather got into turtle walks because of his new wife. Nadia started to feel unimportant so she stopped participating in the turtle walks...but when a storm comes she can't ignore the turtles' need.

Noah Gershom had to write a bread and butter letter to his grandparents...even though he ended up being a best man in a wedding and giving away all the gifts he received.

I need to write my own B & B book!!

I'm going to use this for a book with a window on the cover in ATY!

I really enjoyed Konigsburg's From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, so my hopes are high

Pre-read: this came HIGHLY recommended by Janssen from Everyday Reading, so I'm curious. Plus, it's a middle-grade novel which can be one of my favorite kinds of books to read!