Plot: Sixth graders from Epiphany Middle School in New York have never beaten the seventh and eighth graders during the Academic Bowl, but Mrs. Olinsky's team did it. They took it all the way to the championships and won that too. But the question remains: How did she choose her team? This book takes you on each journey that Noah, Nadia, Ethan and Julian went through before they became The Souls and the closest of friends, and a tea party that changed everything.
Genre: Realistic fiction
Suggested Reading Level: Grades 5-8
Subjects/themes: Academic competition, prejudice, confidence, friendship, bullying, divorce, marriage, family.
Other books by E. L. Konigsburg:
- From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
- Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and me, Elizabeth
Awards
- Newbery Medal
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