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Because of Mr. Terupt

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This book is definitely a story with heart.

Mr. Terupt is a young teacher who not only wants to teach his students the 5th grade curriculum, but he wants to do more. He reaches out to each student individually, sometimes in very subtle ways, such as assigning two girls to be partners on a project whose families are at odds with one another. The story is told in alternating points of views from the students whose lives he's touched. The characters will be familiar, but they are in no way flat stereotypes. By getting inside the kids' heads, the reader begins to understand those who are different from them. Each fifth-grade class has these types of students, and so readers will definitely be able to relate to the cast: the mean/popular girl, the shy girl, the misfit, the brainiac, the new kid. In addition to this diverse group, the class gets involved with some special needs students as well, which is a surefire way to change the pre-adolescent "Me, me, me" mentality.

This was a great book. It's the kind of book that will appeal to adults and tweens alike. This story will be with me for a long, long time.

I just finished Because of Mr. Terupt and I loved it! I am a ten year old boy that is going into fifth grade. I usually don't read as much as I should but my former teacher suggested this to me and I really liked it. It is about seven kids in fifth grade. The story is told from their different perspectives about what happens when they get a teacher who changes their lives.
The book was both funny and sad. I would recommend it for both genders. I thought it was interesting to hear a story told by different people in their own words. You could even take one person's perspective out of the book and it would make a great stand-alone story. I hope that Rob Buyea writes a sequel when the kids are in 6th grade.

I got this book for my daughter because of the John Irving cover blurb (I love John Irving). She is always wary of what I pick out but when I read the jacket copy to her (it's a book about fifth graders and she is in fifth grade), she grabbed it right out of my hands.

My daughter read this book non-stop until she finished it. She loooved it. It's sad--as she pointed out--but powerful and amazing.

A great book to get kids both reading and thinking. Great characters and story. Good job, Mr. Buyea. Hope to see more from you soon.

This was a birthday present for my 11 year old. I knew the cover wouldn't excite her, but based on the reviews, I still bought it. After reading it she even admitted that she thought the book wouldn't be that great, just based on the cover. She had just finished reading Out of My Mind and really enjoyed that one, so I thought this book might have a hard act to follow. Within a few days she finished this book and said it was really good. Several times while she was reading it, she stopped and told me what had happened and who was who in the book.
I wish I could review this book by reading it myself (too many other books!), but I can always tell when she likes a book and when she doesn't. I know she truly liked this one. After reading this one, she started Mockingbird, which also had great reviews, but it didn't hold her interest. So you really never know, but I think the format of this book where each chapter is from a students point of view was a very positive side of this book. Also the fact that it is a subject she could identify with; a regular school year with the usual variety of kids you find in your class, the clown, the bully, the sweet, the shy and so on.

It was a great book. I couldnt stop reading it! I loved all the stories of the different people and how Mr. Terupt changed them and their lives. I hope the author comes out with another book about them in 6th grade. It also had a very good ending.

A perfect story for our times. It should be read aloud in every classroom, 5th grade and up. I couldn't put it down.

Mr Terupt is the teacher we all should have had. He could have taught us all about forgiveness,about fairness,about genuine caring and above all how teachers should teach! Each of the seven kids in this story represent our school society today. Our kids have to learn how to survive in this new school world. Mr. Buyea must have been that teacher. He surely knows kids.
I will be reading this one to 4th,5th, and 6th graders. The voices have to be read aloud. They are that real. I read this in one sitting and was sad when it was finished, because I was just getting to know these fantastic kids who are influenced by a fantastic teacher.
This is the kind of book that make reluctant readers want to find another book just like this!

Mr. Terupt is a new fifth grade teacher whose compassion and innovation capture the admiration and love of all of his students and it seems like it will be the perfect year as the students work to make their teacher proud. But after a tragic accident, his lessons are really tested when the students have to decide if they have really learned the lessons of compassion and forgiveness.

This was a wonderful book that gets behind the stereotypes of the brain, the bully, the fat kid, the class clown, the kid that doesn't care about school . . . to see that everybody has a story and that they are not always just how they appear. I also love the message about how our words and actions affect others . . . but that some things are just out of our control. I'm going to recommend this as a read-aloud to the fifth grade teachers at my school.

This was one of the best books I have ever read. There are so many parts where you don't know what will happen next and you want to find out. I love the format in which it is written. I like the plot and the lesson.

I think this is a great book grades 5-9

because of a teacher.

because of a snowball.

because of a diverse class of fifth graders.

love and forgiveness are taught,

because of mr. terupt.

It's a book for students.

It's a book for teachers.

It's a book for anyone who's ever had that special teacher who changed his life.