A review by sas8107
A Whole New Ballgame by Phil Bildner

4.0

I liked that this book brought up so many issues current classrooms and schools face. As a fifth grade teach, I know that my students will easily identify with Rip. They'll cheer for Red and be outraged by Avery's comments. I wish the book didn't have so many nasty things, as I think that's dumbing down the story by trying to get kids into it with talk about poop and cotton candy ice cream puke. A few nasty things are okay, but I found it to be way over the top. I also wish it didn't use words like friggin' and crap, which schools, especially elementary schools, often don't allow. Yes, it's what kids this age say, but they don't need more exposure to it. That may seem very conservative, but in the Midwest, it's taboo in school.

I'm still debating about reading this to my class or not.