The View From Saturday

BOOK NAME: The View from Saturday
AUTHOR: E.L. Konigsburg

The View from Saturday is a book that tells of four brilliant sixth graders in New York–Noah, Nadia, Ethan and Julian-who get to know each other better at weekly Saturday tea parties organized by Julian, a boy from England. While they meet, they decide to call themselves, “The Souls.” Soon after, they are all elected to represent their school at the Academic Bowl, which is like a spelling bee but they ask questions of trivia, math and about every subject you can think of.. Their team ends up beating all the other 6th grade teams and eventually all the 7th and 8th grade teams too to become state champions.

What I really liked about the book was how each of the four main characters told a different part of the story from their own perspective. It was interesting to read what each character was thinking as the story unfolded, while each one revealed more about the story. The author really made you feel you like you knew each of the main characters and after reading all four of their versions it all comes together in the end.

I would rate this book as having “the most voice” of any I’ve ever read.

Comments

starburst271
October 1, 2011, 1:07 am

I read this book and it was really good. But some parts were confusing because the author changed perspectives so much. It starts to make more sense farther into the book though. I would give this book a nine out of ten, and it is defenitly worth reading! :] [sorry my post is kinda long]
thirdgrade
October 3, 2011, 9:17 am

cool story i would love to read it.
thirdgrade
October 3, 2011, 10:29 am

I DONT WHY NOBUDY COMENT ITS NOT BAD STORY im the first person who comment
eavesmm
October 3, 2011, 6:04 pm

so cool
Annabeth
October 4, 2011, 9:26 pm

i thienk E.l. koingsburg is agreat author!
percyjacksonfan101
October 6, 2011, 5:12 pm

is the book really good?because if it is im going to read it
starburst271
October 6, 2011, 11:36 pm

It is really good.
CookieDough
October 9, 2011, 11:00 pm

I’ve never read this book. The greatest thing about this website, is that people post books you have nooo clue what there about, so it gives you a suggestion of what to read next.
Anonymous
October 23, 2011, 1:05 pm

Dear starburst271,

I do agree that at the beginning the book was very confusing, which is actually a way to make the reader continue to read so that they can understand the book better. If you finish reading the book, and then go back to the very beginning, you’ll notice that it starts at the end.
victoria9339
March 2, 2012, 9:37 pm

I loved this book. Its by one of my favorite authors; E.L. Konigsburg. The book was kind of confusing but it still was a brilliant story. This author also wrote another one of my favorite books called: “From the mixed up files from Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Best author!
Marceline
August 7, 2012, 2:00 am

I have also read a book that’s like that. Hope to read it sometime!!!

-Marceline