Someday Angeline (1983)

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Angeline is very bright young girl - in fact, some might say she's a genius. She can predict the weather, play the piano without having a single lesson, and answer any question the teacher asks. However, in a class with an uncaring teacher and students several years older than she is, she has a lot of trouble making friends.

Her father, a single dad, doesn't understand her and seems frightened of her gift. He doesn't realize they have a lot in common - she loves funny jokes and exciting stories, and really loves him and looks up to him.

Things look up for Angeline when she makes friends with a lonely boy who tells jokes that no one else thinks are funny, and his kind teacher who stimulates and encourages them both.

When the pressure in Angeline's classroom gets to be too much for her to take, tragedy strikes, and it's up to the people who care about Angeline to make sure she still has a future. ( )

Another funny, quirky tale from the master storyteller. Sachar once again lets his reader into the world of the "different" child. Angeline is gifted and has been put in the sixth grade ( much to the annoyance of the horrible Grade 6 teacher.) Her father has had to bring up Angeline after her mother died, and feels alienated from his daughter, but the one thing he does know is that he doesn't want his daughter to be a garbage collector like himself. Angeline however, loves her father and wants to be part of his world, so is mystified when he dismisses her queries about his job. She is alternately bullied and alienated by her classmates and her only friend is Gary from the year below who tells corny jokes and makes her laugh. Enter "Mr. Bone" (Miss Turbone) Gary's teacher , tropical fish and suddenly life may not be as hard as she thinks. If you liked Sachar's other books about oddball students, you will love this book. p.38- 44 The class elections.

My favorite book by this author! Angeline, much smarter and younger than her classmates, struggles to find where she belongs. She must deal with a bullying teacher, classmates who make fun of her, and a father with very high expectations for her. Things begin looking up when she makes friends with Gary (a misfit from another class) and Mr. Bone- and when she discovers the aquarium. ( )