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perachdavida 's review for:
The Unteachables
by Gordon Korman
My kids and I adored listening to this book on audio. It was a fantastic full cast recording (when normally we hate full cast recordings). The writing, the pacing, the tone, the narrative voices - all stellar. The only thing that keeps it from being a 5 star read is the utter improbability of most of the plot points throughout the novel.
Mr. Kermit never once had to fill out an attendance sheet the whole time to notice Kiana wasn’t on it? Parker got to 8th grade without a single teacher (or his parents) noticing he’s blatantly/glaringly/not even the tiniest bit subtly dyslexic? The school actually approved and paid for 3x weekly bus trips to the same “field trip” destination? Does Emma ever teach anything in her classes except for circle time? Nobody cares that Mr. Kermit and Emma are constantly covering for each other’s classes? Or asking Jake (who is not any kind of school system employee) to cover for them? The list goes on and on.
If you’re willing to completely suspend your disbelief on all of these things, then The Unteachables is an incredibly fun and satisfying read.
Mr. Kermit never once had to fill out an attendance sheet the whole time to notice Kiana wasn’t on it? Parker got to 8th grade without a single teacher (or his parents) noticing he’s blatantly/glaringly/not even the tiniest bit subtly dyslexic? The school actually approved and paid for 3x weekly bus trips to the same “field trip” destination? Does Emma ever teach anything in her classes except for circle time? Nobody cares that Mr. Kermit and Emma are constantly covering for each other’s classes? Or asking Jake (who is not any kind of school system employee) to cover for them? The list goes on and on.
If you’re willing to completely suspend your disbelief on all of these things, then The Unteachables is an incredibly fun and satisfying read.