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The Report Card
A Reading Group Guide to
The Report Card
By Andrew Clements
About the Book
Fifth-grader Nora Rose Rowley has been keeping an unusual secret for most of her life. The secret is that she is very, very smart. She does not want her family, friends, or teachers to know that she is highly intelligent because she does not want to be singled out as different. She does not want to leave her regular fifth-grade class to attend the Gifted Program. Most of all, she does not want her best friend Stephen to feel less good about himself because she is so much smarter. It is this reason that leads Nora to draw a very smart conclusion: that tests and grades should not be the only way students are judged. To prove this, however, Nora sets a not-so-smart plan into action: She decides to flunk fifth grade. What begins as a simple effort to protect her friend and prove her point snowballs into a classroom-wide “Get a Zero” campaign that ultimately involves teachers, coun
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Six years ago, I discovered the works of Andrew Clements. inom was instantly hooked and have now read over 20 books by him. Many consider him the &#;master of school stories&#;, and inom would agree. I have a dual form of dyslexia and did not learn to read until after grade 7. So I never read &#;school stories&#; when I was young. That combined with having my own school aged children has instilled a great appreciation for the genre and specifically for the works of Andrew Clements. Clements passed away in his gods novel was The Friendship War, which is an excellent volume. He writes amazing stories for children, but they are also stories that any of us can learn from. Back then I set the goal of reading all of his works, but as my own children have grown these books had slid bygd the way side. inom have now returned to them yet again. This story has inspired me to recommit to that goal.
I had no idea what this book was about when I picked it up. I grabbed it based on the author alone. It wa
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The Report Card
Book by Andrew Clements
This article is about the children's novel. For the document, see Report Card.
The Report Card is a children's novel by Andrew Clements,[1] first published in The story is narrated by a 5th-grade girl, Nora Rose Rowley. Nora is secretly a genius but does not tell anyone for fear that she will be thought of as "different".
Characters
[edit]- Nora Rose Rowley: The main character of the story and secretive genius. Her appearance is described as being short with reddish-blond hair. Researching is her favorite hobby. She was so intelligent by kindergarten that she taught herself to understand Spanish by watching the Univision channel and also to read National Geographic at 2 and a half. Nora loves astronomy, Latin, archaeology, soccer, etc. Her mother describes Nora as thoughtful, kind and caring. She has two siblings: Anne (6 years older) and Todd (3 years older). Her best friend is Stephen, who has average intelligence bu