FINISHED:

Clements, Andrew. (2004). The report card. New York: Aladdin/Simon & Schuster.

[Clements is the master of writing books about kids in school. Not only that, his kids end up becoming empowered by what they see as inconsistencies in the adult world and living by the motto that I've had since high school: QUESTION AUTHORITY. In this one, Nora pretends that she's just an average student at school and at home in an effort to fit in, even though she knows that she's a genius. She, with the assistance her best friend Stephen, stage a rebellion in their grade by having everyone get zeros on their next tests as a protest against grades and "high stakes" testing. VERY timely and a worthwhile primer for any youngster. The only thing that I didn't like was that it just kind of... ended... I kept waiting for Nora's ideas to actually cause major examination and shifts in the educational status quo, but we never get that far.]

STARTED:
Dowd, Siobhan. (2007). The London Eye mystery. New York: David Fickling/Random House.

[Somewhere I saw this one got some great reviews.]

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