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Adam Canfield of the Slash By Michael Winerip ( Candlewick )
Release Date: 2007-04-10
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List Price: $5.99
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Product Description
"Between laughs, readers will be prompted to think — about what constitutes truth, how the media massages it, and the importance of ethics, fairness, and getting the facts right." — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (starred review)
Adam Canfield has to be the most overprogrammed middle-school student in America. So when super-organized Jennifer coaxes him to be coeditor of their school newspaper, THE SLASH, he wonders if he’s made a big mistake. But when a third-grader’s article leads to a big scoop, Adam and his fellow junior journalists rise to the challenge of receiving their principal’s wrath to uncover some scandalous secrets. From a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and NEW YORK TIMES columnist comes a funny, inspiring debut that sneaks in some lessons on personal integrity — and captures the rush that’s connected to the breaking of a really great story.
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 good story ( lmholder1 )
My son, who is an avid reader, loved this book. He is begging for anything else by this author.
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The Article of a Lifetime ( rmark99 )
Adam Canfield of the Slash, by Michael Winerip shows the true meaning of guts. In the story, Adam Canfield, the co-editor of the Slash, (the school's newspaper), has a hard time finding stories to issue in the newspaper but little does he know that there is a mammoth story waiting to be revealed right there at Harris Elementary Middle School. Mrs. Marris, the school principal, takes money that was supposed to be donated to the school, and uses it to purchase gold plumbing in her bunker lavatory. Adam jumps all over the story but takes an immense risk that his permanent record will be scared for ever if he publishes the story in the paper. Adam has a poised sidekick named Jennifer who is an amazing student, and also extraordinarily intelligent. They have to put up with third grade club reporter Phoebe who won't stay out of their faces. Even though very annoying, and hyper, Phoebe has a very intoxicating pen, and a very keen sense of sniffing out front page stories. After a sequence of events happen Adam, Jennifer, and Phoebe realize the theme of this book, which is that if you work hard, and put a bunch of meaning into something, than it will be all worth it in the long shot.
This realistic fiction story seems like a nerdy book about a school newspaper but it's not. The Slash is a very fascinating newspaper that all of you would love to read. One of the stories is about a wooden cow that was stolen, and then about a year later some teenagers returned it! The character Adam is a very creative kid who wants to do only good for the world, but there is one thing that just makes him go crazy. His huge schedule. Adam has to balance school, the Slash, and his extracurricular activities. Jennifer is an extremely smart student, and knows a lot about pleasing people. Phoebe is just an annoying third grader who is exceptionally good at being a newspaper journalist. This story is comical at the right times, and gripping at others. I think that this story keeps you on your toes and compels you to keep reading!
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The best book ever
Absolutely,possitively the best book I have ever read in my entire life. Very descriptive and it has a good theme.My two favorite characters are probably Adam and Pheobe. I like them because-when put together in a paragraph-they are very funny.
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 Great story line, Makes you think, Bad language
OK so I know that my opinions tend to be backward in today's society, but I really didn't appreciate the fact that the author felt the need to put vulgarity in this book.
The story line was great, it made me think. It made me take consideration to how the educational system really runs. But I really don't want my children reading words that I don't want them saying. I know that there isn't much out there anymore that doesn't have foul language in it. But if more authors wouldn't spoil a great story with language there would be.
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Entertained our 3 children for a long car ride--excellent
We had a long car trip planned so I picked up an audio tape of this book for the journey. Our 3 kids--13, 11, and 9--loved it. And my husband and I wouldn't let them listen unless we were there too. The kids laughed and got a sense of what it was to be a journalist. My husband and I (both involved in our local elementary/middle schools) loved the sub plot on testing in the modern era. Excellent for boys and girls and quite a range of ages.
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