![]() ![]() My favorite kind of book is one that mentions other authors and other books because I love being exposed to new things. One of the reasons I love School Story is that it is actually a book about books, authors and publishing more than it is about kids in school. Sometimes she pretended to be interested in her mom's work at the publishing company even when she wasn't." Natalie's mom tells her about a six hour that could have been summed up in three sentences: "People, we need to publish more adventure books, more series books and more school stories." This gets Natalie thinking, " who knows more about school than someone who's right there, five days a week, nine months a year ?" When Natalie shares a few chapters of her book with Zoe, her best friend since kindergarten, the story takes off. One day while riding the bus home from the city to New Jersey, Natalie asks her mom about her day at work because, "when her dad died, Natalie had decided she needed to talk to her mom more. ![]() The two have been on their own since Natalie's father died in a car accident four years earlier. Sixth grader Natalie, is the daughter of Hannah Nelson, editor at Shipley Junior Books in New York City. The cover of School Story reflects back upon itself, like standing between two mirrors, and the story inside proves to be a bit like that as well. The covers of Clement's books, when illustrated by Brian Selznick, always have the main character holding something representative of the story. ![]()
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