The View From Saturday

by E.L. Konigsburg
PRMS paperback 163 pages
YA relationships

I re-read this to jog my memory and decide to whom and how to recommend it. Four sixth graders tell their piece of an overlapping story as their teacher, paraplegic Mrs. Olinski, keeps us up to date on how these four became an academic team that called themselves "The Four Souls."

An enjoyable story, but it's definitely for a younger mature reader (young in years; mature in reading ability). These are four intelligent, articulate youngsters. My favorite part of the book was the current academic challenge competitions, not the reflections upon their past lives.