The Horn Book Guide

INTERMEDIATE FICTION

Pearsall, Shelley

All of the Above

245 pp. | Little | September, 2006 | Trade ISBN 0-316-11524-X $15.99

(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Javaka Steptoe. In a gritty Cleveland neighborhood, a disillusioned middle-school math teacher enlists four students in a giant tetrahedron project to get themselves into the Guinness Book of World Records. The participants take it in turn to tell the story, revealing their own lives and reasons for joining the project. The characters are sharply observed and distinctly voiced; there's a good balance of comedy, drama, and middle-school life.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2006