A review by johnnymacaroni
No Talking by Andrew Clements

3.0

I started this a little confused because I had the premise of the story wrong... I thought the teachers didn't want the 5th graders to talk so the kids came up with this "no talking" rule to sort of mess with them (which was a premise I liked...nice and subversive) but turns out the kids came up with this challenge as more of a girls vs boys /Hatfields and the McCoys sort of thing...which was fine but a mild disappointment for me. In the end I liked the book...there are some didactic parts (and it really seems written as a lesson for adults)but mainly I think my lukewarmness towards it stems from the Frindle/heroin problem...see for me...nothing Clements writes ever compares to the brilliance of Frindle. I just adore that story and continue to find it original and exciting even after all these years.