The Uncivil War - Softcover

Klass, Sheila Solomon

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ISBN 10: 0440415721 ISBN 13: 9780440415725

Publisher: Yearling, 1999

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Having been able to cope with a unusual name, a weight problem and the school principal for a father, Asa is okay with herself, yet when a bully of a boy enters the picture and starts poking fun, Asa realizes that she must win the battle in order to win his war of rudeness. Reprint.

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About the Author:

Sheila Solomon Klass a gifted professional writer is retired from a long career as a college English professor but goes on teaching She has three children. A child of the Depression, Sheila was raised in Brooklyn by Orthodox Jewish parents who considered education an unnecessary luxury for girls. Starting with her college education, she has fought for everything she’s ever accomplished. For Sheila, fanatically frugal, wasting time or money is a crime, and luxury is unthinkable.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 4-6?While Asa Alfifa Andersen would give anything to have an ordinary name, a mother who didn't stuff her with food, and a father who wasn't principal of her middle school, she basically likes her life. Then Southerner Robert Edward Lee arrives in her class and calls her "Fatso," and she decides to make some changes. Through the advice of a therapist, she conquers her weight problem and, after conspiring with her best friend, she stands up to her tormentor and beats him at his own game of bullying. However, when her brother is born prematurely, Robert shows his true colors and, eventually, he and Asa come to an understanding and end their "uncivil" war. Klass's characters are well drawn and have child appeal. Asa is funny and nervy on the outside but unsure of herself on the inside, while Robert is a tease who really likes her but won't show it. Asa's parents are sometimes a bit eccentric but loving. The plot flows smoothly and the girl/boy "games" and the subplot of Asa's baby brother's health problems will interest preadolescents. While perhaps not as strong as Phyllis Naylor's The Agony of Alice (Atheneum, 1985) or Betsy Byars's Bingo Brown, Gypsy Lover (Viking, 1990), this book will find a ready audience among middle schoolers wanting to read about kids who face their problems with a little gumption and a lot of humor.?Nancy Menaldi-Scanlan, LaSalle Academy, Providence, RI
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