No Talking (urspr publ 2007; utgåvan 2009)

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Andrew Clements practically was my childhood. Me and my Mum both loved them, so she would read them to me (Or as I got older, I would read them, and then let her read them to me, because she was too slow 😄). I read almost all of his books growing up, and I loved them! I read them so many times.
This was never one of my favourites, and I think I only read it once or twice, but when my mum got it out of the library for my brother, I was curious what I would think of it now.

No Talking is a fun book for younger kids. I enjoyed it⎯it was engagingly written, and sort of funny at times⎯but the characters were really petty, and seemed a bit immature for ten... I would have maybe put them at eight or so.

Overall, I think this is a great book for younger kids. Six to ten, I would say, would probably really enjoy this book. I just don't think this book stands up for an older audience. ( )

No Talking by Andrew Clements is a story about a group of students called the "Unhushables" that begin a no talking competition between boys and girls. The teachers struggle to adapt to this dramatic change and must find a way around the silence. I love how this book unfolds the action and portrays the power of words or lack there of. ( )