Fourth Grade Is a Jinx

by Colleen O'Shaughnessy McKenna

Book Overview

When Collette's teacher has an accident, her mother becomes the substitute. Collette hates being called teacher's pet and she's embarraassed when her mother starts a fire during a science experiment.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590417363
• ISBN13: 9780590417365
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4

Customer Reviews

collette

Welcome to Collette's Life. Fourth Grade started out wonderfully until her teacher's accident. Her mother becomes her sub. She thinks her mother will embarrass her in front of the class and Collette also thinks her mother should stay at home and take care of her little brother and sister. Collette's life changes and she learns in the end that shouldn't freak out so much. Life has its ups and downs but everything works out for the better.

Fourth Grade is a Jinx

This story ia about a girl named Collette Murphy she thought the 4th grade is going to be fun,then she found out that her teacher had a very a bad car accident now she's going to have a subsitute her mother she feels really embarresed because she thinks her friends are going to make fun of her

This book is very good!

In this book, Collette is convinced that she is going to have a great year! Think about it- Mrs. Johnston is an awesome teacher, she's in the same class as her best friend, and she barely does any work! But soon, her happiness fades away when her teacher breaks her leg. They get one sub. She is soo mean she made Marsha and Rodger sit in the corner. When Collette gets home to tell her mother what happened, her mother already found out! To make matters worse, she was going to be the new sub! Collette is humiliated! Everyone else loves the new sub, though! How can one week feel like forever?

It's a good book!

This book is very good for fourthh graders. The things the main character does are understandable. All in all, this was a good book.