No Talking

No Talking is a 2007 children's novel written by Andrew Clements.

No Talking
AuthorAndrew Clements
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's literature
PublisherSimon & Schuster[1]
Publication date
June 26, 2007[2]
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages160[2]
ISBN978-1-4169-0983-5
OCLC76261556
LC ClassPZ7.C59118 No 2007

It is about the noisy fifth grade boys of Laketon Elementary School. Who challenge the equally loud fifth-grade girls to a "no talking" contest. This competition turns out to be really hard. Main themes are related to Gandhi's practice of maintaining silence for at least one day a week, accommodations made in school for an especially loud and talkative fifth-grade group of students, gender dynamics (in elementary school), and the civil disobedience those students find themselves practicing when their "right to remain silent" is questioned by the school's teachers. The contest goes on and on until they meet on the decision.

The Principal thought she was having a vision when she saw that the fifth-grade hall was so silent at lunch. The principal got angry and made the fifth graders loud, but they were quiet again. Later, she joined in the competition.

Lynsey and Dave/David are the team captains, Lynsey for the girls and Dave for the boys. Both teams have agreed that when teachers ask them a question, they are only allowed to say three words. Both teams have noticed a lot of ways to make noises without saying a word. Soon, it was a school contest, and the book ends with the contest ending in a tie. The book won the 2010 California Young Reader Medal.[3]

References

  1. "No Talking". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  2. "No Talking". Amazon. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  3. "California Young Reader Medal Nominees and Winners List". CYRM (at google.docs). Retrieved 2015-05-18.


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