Awards

• Winner of Arizona Young Readers Award 2013
• Winner of Connecticut Nutmeg Children's Book Award 2013
• Winner of Indiana Young Hoosier Award 2013
• Winner of Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award 2013
• Winner of Iowa Children's Choice Award 2013
• Winner of Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award (Grades 3-5) 2014

Overview

Meet seven kids and one amazing teacher and discover the school year that changes their lives in this first book in the fun and warm-hearted Mr. Terupt series! Seven students are about to have their lives changed by one amazing teacher in this school storysequel filled with unique characters every reader can relate to. It's the start of a new year at Snow Hill School, and seven students find themselves thrown together in Mr. Terupt's fifth grade class. There's . . . Jessica, the new girl, smart and perceptive, who's having a hard time fitting in; Alexia, a bully, your friend one second, your enemy the next; Peter, class prankster and troublemaker; Luke, the brain; Danielle, who never stands up for herself; shy Anna, whose home situation makes her an outcast; and Jeffrey, who hates school. They don't have much in common, and they've never gotten along. Not until a certain new teacher arrives and helps them to find strength inside themselves-and in each other. But when Mr. Terupt suffers a terrible accident, will his students be able to remember the lessons he taught them? Or will their lives go back to the way they were before-before fifth grade and before Mr. Terupt? Find out what happens in sixth and seventh grades in Mr. Terupt Falls Again and Saving Mr. Terupt. And don't miss the conclusion to the series, Goodbye, Mr. Terupt, coming soon! ""The characters are authentic and the short chapters are skillfully arranged to keep readers moving headlong toward the satisfying conclusion.""--School Library Journal, Starred

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The characters are authentic and the short chapters are skillfully arranged to keep readers moving headlong toward the satisfying conclusion. -- School Library Journal, Starred This powerful and emotional story is likely to spur discussion. -- Publishers Weekly No one is perfect in this feel-good story, but everyone benefits, including sentimentally inclined readers. -- Kirkus Reviews Compelling. . . . Readers will find much to ponder on the power of forgiveness. -- Booklist

The characters are authentic and the short chapters are skillfully arranged to keep readers moving headlong toward the satisfying conclusion. -- School Library Journal, Starred This powerful and emotional story is likely to spur discussion. -- Publishers Weekly No one is perfect in this feel-good story, but everyone benefits, including sentimentally inclined readers. -- Kirkus Reviews Compelling. . . . Readers will find much to ponder on the power of forgiveness. -- Booklist

The characters are authentic and the short chapters are skillfully arranged to keep readers moving headlong toward the satisfying conclusion. --School Library Journal, Starred <p/> This powerful and emotional story is likely to spur discussion. --Publishers Weekly No one is perfect in this feel-good story, but everyone benefits, including sentimentally inclined readers. --Kirkus Reviews <p/> Compelling. . . . Readers will find much to ponder on the power of forgiveness. --Booklist

The characters are authentic and the short chapters are skillfully arranged to keep readers moving headlong toward the satisfying conclusion. -- School Library Journal, Starred<br><br> This powerful and emotional story is likely to spur discussion. -- Publishers Weekly<br> <br> No one is perfect in this feel-good story, but everyone benefits, including sentimentally inclined readers. -- Kirkus Reviews<br><br> Compelling. . . . Readers will find much to ponder on the power of forgiveness. -- Booklist

Author Information

ROB BUYEA taught third and fourth graders for six years; then he taught high school biology and coached wrestling for seven years. Currently, he is a full-time writer and lives in Massachusetts with his wife and daughters. He is the author of the Perfect Score series. His first novel, Because of Mr. Terupt, was selected as an E. B. White Read Aloud Honor Book and a Cybils Honor Book. It also won seven state awards and was named to numerous state reading lists. Mr. Terupt Falls Again and Saving Mr. Terupt are companion novels to Because of Mr. Terupt. Visit him online at robbuyea.com and on Facebook, and follow @RobBuyea on Twitter.

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