~ Trade Paperback
~ Winner of the Newbery Medal - 1997
How has Mrs. Olinski chosen Noah, Nadia, Ethan, and Julian for her sixth-grade Academic Bowl team? It was a surprise to a lot of people when Mrs. Olinski's team worked together to win the sixth-grade Academic Bowl contest, and an even bigger surprise when they beat the seventh grade and the eighth grade, too! That's when everyone began to ask: How did this happen?
A rich and rewarding journey, The View from Saturday is a tale about a team, a class, a school, a series of contests and, set in the midst of this, four jewel-like short stories (one for each of the team members) that ask questions and demonstrate surprising answers.