Adam Canfield of the Slash

The Best Book

IT was an awesome book! It is hard to put down. It is the best book I've ever read!

Good reading

This was assigned as my 7th grade summer reading. I loved it and would read it anytime just for fun also. It is easy to ready, age appropriate and age relevant. No inappropriate content, just good pre-teen adventures. Relatable characters and bits of humor mixed in. Recommended for other 6-8th graders!!!

My son loved the book; could not put it down.

My nine years old son just finished reading it; he could barely put it down. He really enjoyed the book from the very beginning. He will be goint to 4th grade in the fall and hopes to inquire about starting a school newspaper. Great book he told me about it along the way; should become a series.

Great Book!

This was a very interesting book. It held my attention and lots of kids would enjoy reading this. It has and interesting twist at the end. A must read!

GREAT TEEN NOVEL

Book Summary Title: Adam Canfield of The Slash Author: Michael Winerip # Of pages in the book: 326 Copyright Date: 2005 Setting: The setting of Adam Canfield of The Slash is in the suburban town of Tremble. The time period of the book is probably in the 21st century. This time period helps kids relate to the characters of the book. The action of the book takes place mostly in Harris Elementary/Middle School, Adam¿s house, and Jennifer¿s house. The main ways of communication are phone, e-mail, instant messages, and letters. Main Characters: The main characters of the book are Adam, Jennifer, Phoebe, and Mrs. Marris. Other important characters are Eddie the janitor, Mr. Brooks, and Danny, who all help in the plot. Adam is jumpy and is easily put over the edge. Adam is this way because he has a lot of things to do in a short period of time. Also, this ¿over programming¿ sometimes gets Adam into to trouble because he is usually late for class. Even though Adam is really over programmed he still has the time to be a good reporter for the Slash. Most readers would say that Adam like Jennifer in the book. Jennifer is outgoing and a natural leader. That is why she is the co-editor of the Slash along with Adam. Jennifer would do just about anything for the Slash. Most characters in the book accept that Jennifer is the leader of whatever they are doing. Adam and Jennifer are both the Protagonists in the book. Phoebe is outspoken and a little annoying. Adam especially thinks that she is annoying. However, she is one of the best reporters the Slash has and she is only in third grade. Lastly, Mrs. Marris is the antagonist of the story. On the outside Mrs. Marris seems like a very nice principal. Be that as it may when know one is looking she is mean person that curses and yells at children. Both Adam and Jennifer both think that Mrs. Marris is evil. Plot Summary: Rising Action: At the beginning of the story life is relatively normal for Adam. He has Math Olympiad club, the quiz bowl gladiator meet, baritone lessons, jazz band rehearsals, the geography challenge, and now he is the coeditor of the newspaper the Slash. Adam use to be the star reporter for Slash, but Jennifer convinced him to be co-editor. At first Adam was reluctant to take this job because he thought it would be boring. He also didn¿t know that it would involve a pesky third grader named Phoebe. Phoebe is obsessed with being a star reporter and writing a story on Eddy the Janitor. After repeatedly asking Adam for the story Adam finally tells her she can. Adam and Jennifer both have to meet with Mrs. Marris to talk about the Slash. Mrs. Marris tells them that they have to put in a story about how Miss, Minnie Bloch donated 75,000 dollars to the school. About a week later when Phoebe turns in her paper on Eddy, Adam almost cries according to Jennifer. This action immortalized Phoebe as a star reporter. Once again the editors 'Adam and Jennifer' have to meet with Mrs. Marris to turn in their rough draft. She finds that the rough draft doesn¿t have the Miss, Minnie Bloch story in it and is furious. Also, she takes out two important lines in the Eddy the Janitor story. They were, ¿His newest project is building Mrs. Marris a set of cabinets for electronic system she¿s having installed in the principal¿s office. He is also remodeling her bathroom.¿ They didn¿t know why she did it, but they do know that she is hiding something. Climax: The climax begins when Mrs. Marris begins to yell at Adam and Jennifer because they didn¿t put the Minnie Bloch story in. The editors thankfully get out of there. When Jennifer gets home she e-mails Adam about what she thinks Mrs. Marris is up to. Her theory is that Mrs. Marris is using the money to have an expansive bathroom right next to her office. They know this because for one she took out the two lines in the Eddy the Janitor story. Also, they told Eddy the Janitor their theory and he said that is fit. Their last tip off wa

WOW! A great story

In the book Adam Canfield of the Slash Adam just became co-editor of his schools award winning paper, The Slash. He and the other co-editor, Jennifer, get a story from the evil and mean principle, Mrs. Marris, that a woman died and made a donation to the school. The co-editors also get a story that is about the janitor, but when Marris makes Adam take out a section about remodeling her bathroom, Adam and Jennifer get the feeling Marris is using the money not on the kids like it was supposed to be, but on her bathroom. The paper also gets a story on a zoning law that means no hoops in the front yards of people¿s houses. People go crazy and start petitions and a zoning lawyer even takes it court. In the Marris situation Adam and Jennifer talk to teachers and get all kinds of evidence that supports them in their theory. After having this in the paper Marris leaves the school without a trace. Also, the public wins the hoop battle and the hoops are saved. Adam and Jennifer became heroes. This book was very exciting and was a real page-turner. Although the main conflict could have been a little more realistic or interesting, this book was an overall good book. Adam Canfield of the Slash was really exciting and kept my attention. The Mrs. Marris mix up was a little unreasonable to me, but I guess anything could happen. The story was realistic fiction and maybe the basketball hoops in people front yards could possibly be a zoning problem. Maybe parts of this story could come true. This book was not paragraph after paragraph of description and it still let you picture the story in your head. It¿s a little vague, but I could still picture it in my head. The characters in the story were just like I would be. The great and fun educational game World Domination was taken away by Marris. Everyone was angry and wanted to do something. Real people would act like that. The Author has different writing style than other authors. Michael Winerip definitely has characters talk like the normal people would, the narrator even does! The characters even think like a normal person would. The story also has limited description. I can barley picture the story in my head. There are some words I don¿t know though. The Vocabulary is just right. I know most of the words, but not all of them. Also, I was able to find new vocabulary words for my reading journals.I would recommend Adam Canfield of the Slash to anyone. I would rate it a 9 out of 10. It was really exciting and not too much description, although maybe there wasn¿t enough. Also, it was realistic, but some parts were an edge. Overall, everything was great, but had just a slight problem.Finally this was a fantastic book that should last the ages. It was a total page-turner, but there were some slight errors. I hope you read this book.

A Fun Story With Unexpected Twists

Adam Canfield of the Slash is a story of two co-editors, Adam and Jennifer, who save their school by taking charge and telling people the real truth. Adam and Jennifer get a lead story and the truth ends up tearing their school apart. Adam and Jennifer go out on their own and try and understand what happened. They do their own research to learn about the donated money that Miss Minnie Bloch gave their school. As a team, they try and find out how the donated money was being spent for their school. They are tying to fin out answers for that story, while they also have to deal with the zoning board, due to the red-ticketing of basketball hoops. As they struggle with both stories, their school slowly unravels to the hard, cold truth. The characters in the story come alive. All of the characters seem realistic and create a vivid image in the readers mind. Phoebe¿s character seems like a typical whiney third grader, but actually she is much more than that. Adam gets annoyed easily with her squeaky, childish voice. She works hard as a new coming reporter. All of her articles deeply impressed Adam, considering she is only a third grader. When I was reading about her I can picture her sitting right beside me, chatting away. She is probably smarter than your average third grader, for example, all the other third grade crew members don¿t even finish writing their headline. Even though she was a minor character, she was my favorite character. I thought this book was humorous, but still a little suspenseful. I enjoyed reading this book! I gave this book an outstanding rating because I thought it was funny, mysterious, realistic , put together in one book! Adam Canfield of the Slash is a fun story with unexpected twists. It will make you laugh no matter what age you are.

MIDDLE SCHOOLERS WILL RELATE TO THIS

Wonder how many young listeners have heard a teacher speaking to them in a stern voice, saying 'I'd like a word with you.' Whether they have or not they'll surely relate to Adam Canfield who seems to spend a lot of his time in hot water. Voice performer Patrick G. Lawlor gives energetic voice to Adam as our hero muddles his way through school, and learns a few things on the way. Being the coeditor of a school paper, in this case, the Slash, is never easy. Somehow, his sidekick, Jennifer, knows much more about people pleasing, and a persistent third grade reporter turns out to have an advanced-for-her-age nose for news. The trio face a dilemma when their run-ins with Principal Harris appear to becoming out and out warfare. Question is whether or not the kids can face down this powerful who has broken more than a few rules. Highly recommended for upper elementary and middle schoolers. - Gail Cooke

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