Books with title The View From Saturday

Mrs. Eva Marie Olinski is charged with appointing four students to represent her sixth-grade class in the Epiphany Middle School Academic Bowl competition. When these four students, calling themselves "The Souls," go on to win the state Academic Bowl Championship, Mrs. Olinski begins to realize that these four students who appear to have little in common on the surface have been on a journey that interlocked their lives like pieces of a puzzle.

Meet the Souls ?Noah, who quite by accident was best man at the wedding of Ethan's grandmother and Nadia's grandfather ?Nadia, a hybrid with a halo of red hair, a dog that's a genius, and a fondness for baby turtles ?Ethan, the silent second son of one of Epiphany's oldest families, who discovers he likes halos ?Julian, the strangest person on the school bus, who starts everything by inviting the others to a tea party How did Mrs. Olinski, returning to teaching ten years after being paralyzed in an automobile accident, choose these four to be her sixth-grade Academic Bowl team? And how did this unlikely foursome become even unlikelier champions, in far more than just the state middle school competition? The View From Saturday is a rich and rewarding journey that answers these questions and raises many more.